unswept
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- adjective
- /ʌnˈswɛpt/
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- She noticed the unswept corners of the room, where dust had gathered and made the place look neglected.
- unswept floor
Examples
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She saw the cone of ashes, fragile, insistent, and unswept.
Fiction book (1999) -
The front steps accumulated unswept snow, and a treacherous sheeting of ice formed underneath.
Fiction book (1998) -
Lying on the filthy planks, unswept since you came here, is that inconceivable device: a cunning, made world.
Fiction book (1999) -
A three-year-old standing on the unswept board floor, looking up at rows of canned goods on shelves that were nailed against the logs in the 1880s, when Montana was still a territory.
Fiction book (1998) -
A coverlet of wet leaves lay unswept around limes, birches, and oaks; dandelions were allowed to line the walk, and overall spread the soft embrace of natural decay.
Fiction book (1992) -
It was only July and already, drifted into gutters and scattered on unswept back porches, the yellow leaves had appeared, though the forests that you could see to the west rising beyond the tallest dunes were still heavy with the green mirage of summer.
Fiction book (1990) -
The children played in the backyard, running through the unswept leaves that had piled up over the autumn.
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After the storm, the streets were filled with unswept debris, making it difficult for cars to pass.
Synonyms
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Not washed with soap and water
A floor that was not wiped with water after a spill
Having dust on it from not being cleaned
Not cleaned by rubbing with a cloth and still showing dirt
Clothes or sheets that have not been washed
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Surface Forms
Morphology
unswept = swept (transparent) = un + swept
Standard negation with 'un-' applied to the participial/adjectival form 'swept' yields 'not swept' which is directly derived and easily understood.
Etymology
Unswept is made of un- 'not' and sweep 'to clean with a broom', so it simply means 'not cleaned by sweeping', like a floor left with dirt or leaves.