unsupplemented
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- adjective
- /ˌʌnˈsʌplɪˌmɛntɪd/
- Yes, they're empirical, but empiricism is worth little unsupplemented by reason and imagination.
Examples
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By the end of the study, rats who received BHT at all but the highest dose also sported far fewer cancers than unsupplemented animals.
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The unsupplemented women have a 50 percent chance of experiencing a pathological fracture of their hip or vertebra at some point in their life.
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Levels of DHA in unsupplemented mothers did not change during the same period.
Synonyms
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3.9
Not held up by anything and likely to fall
Antonyms
How Supplemented
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Surface Forms
Morphology
unsupplemented = supplemented (transparent) = un + supplement + ed
Formed by negating the participial adjective 'supplemented' with the productive prefix 'un-', yielding a predictable 'not supplemented' meaning.
Etymology
Unsupplemented is built from un- meaning 'not', the familiar word supplement meaning 'something added', and -ed showing a state. So, unsupplemented means 'not given anything extra' or left without any additions.