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🤐 Not discussed 🙎 Not spoken to
untalked

untalked

9.9
A person others do not speak to
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈtɔkt/
translation icon : ignorado
  • Many employees felt untalked by management after the company reorganization.

Examples

  • He remained untalked at the party, standing quietly in the corner.

  • The new student felt untalked during her first week at school.

  • The untalked issues in the meeting were concerning.

  • She felt untalked about her feelings for too long.

  • The new student felt untalked during her first week at school, as no one approached her to make conversation.

  • He remained untalked at the party, feeling isolated while others interacted freely.

  • After the meeting, many employees felt untalked by management, sensing that their concerns were overlooked.

Synonyms

unconfronted
vsuntalked
1 7.8

Problems people have not faced or dealt with directly

is restricted to not being spoken to in conversation rather than general dealing

Surface Forms

untalked positive

Morphology

untalked = talked (transparent) = un + talk + ed

The negating prefix 'un-' is attached to the participial adjective 'talked', making the 'not spoken to/ addressed' meaning straightforward.

Etymology

Untalked combines un- 'not' with talked (from 'talk'), so imagine standing at a party while others chat and nobody speaks to you. So, untalked means 'not spoken to' or left out of the conversation.