unsuspended
- adjective
- /ˌʌn.səˈspɛndɪd/
- Formal
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inmediato
- The court handed down an unsuspended sentence, requiring the defendant to go to prison immediately.
Examples
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The judge explained that an unsuspended punishment meant there would be no delay in serving the sentence.
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Unlike his previous conviction, this time he received an unsuspended fine that had to be paid at once.
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The judge decided to impose an unsuspended sentence.
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After the appeal, his punishment was unsuspended immediately.
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The court handed down an unsuspended sentence, requiring the defendant to go to prison immediately.
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The judge explained that an unsuspended punishment meant there would be no delay in serving the sentence.
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Unlike his previous conviction, this time he received an unsuspended fine that had to be paid at once.
How Immediate
Surface Forms
Morphology
unsuspended = suspended (transparent) = un + suspend + ed
Negation of the familiar legal adjective 'suspended' using the productive prefix 'un-'; meaning is direct and predictable.
Etymology
Unsuspended comes from un- 'not' and suspend which originally meant 'to hang' or 'pause', so an unsuspended sentence is one that is not delayed and must be carried out right away.