unwatered
- adjective
- /ʌnˈwɔːtərd/
:
no regado
- But it would have to be six feet long, probably six feet deep, and the earth, unwatered, would not give in easily to a shovel.
Examples
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When she entered the room, she found it empty; the futon and white rugs had been rolled up and piled on one side, the vine trailed unwatered from its dusty pot.
Fiction book (1995) -
Modern agricultural knowledge suggests that the only way to avoid the worst of these problems would have been to leave the land fallow and unwatered for long periods to allow the water table to fall.
Academic text (1990) -
Oh, it's it's, it's it's as dry as a as a as a unwatered yard.
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All right, so Harry R says one star can't go unwatered wearing Cheetos shorts.
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Rhoda Marensky, as thin and leggy as an unwatered rhododendron, sauntered out first.
Fiction book (1993) -
The plants in my garden looked sad and droopy because they were unwatered during the hot summer days.
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After a long week without rain, the grass in the park remained dry and unwatered, making it difficult for children to play.
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The flowers in the vase wilted quickly as they were left unwatered for too long in the warm room.
Synonyms
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1.0
Not wet or without any liquid
42
4.1
Having too little water in the body to work well
18
3.5
No longer holds water and is very dry, like a riverbed or plant
8
2.8
Completely dry because it has no water left
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1.3
Land or plants that need water because they are dry
3
3.4
A place with no water that is very dry like a desert
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3.4
Completely dry with no moisture
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1.0
Something that is no longer wet because its water has gone away
Land that does not get extra water from pipes or sprinklers
Fields that people do not water and that depend only on rain
Completely dried so it has no water left
Dry and not made wet by water
Not wet because no water has touched it
A substance that is not mixed with water and contains no water
How Wet
Surface Forms
Morphology
unwatered = watered (transparent) = un + water + ed
The meaning is clearly derived from 'watered' by adding the prefix 'un-' to indicate the absence of watering.
Etymology
Unwatered comes from un- meaning 'not' and water, so it literally means 'not given water'. Think of a plant left without water and turning dry and weak; that's why unwatered describes something dry or lacking moisture.