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🌱 Full of weeds 📚 Not cleaned out
unweeded

unweeded

7.1
Still containing old or unwanted items that should be removed
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈwiːdɪd/
translation icon : sin desmalezar
  • An unweeded database can make it difficult to find relevant information quickly.

Examples

  • The librarian found the archive was still unweeded and full of outdated materials.

  • They submitted an unweeded report that included many irrelevant details.

  • The garden looks unweeded after the rain.

  • Many areas of the park remain unweeded this summer.

  • The librarian found the archive was still unweeded and full of outdated materials.

  • An unweeded database can make it difficult to find relevant information quickly.

  • They submitted an unweeded report that included many irrelevant details.

Synonyms

unswept
vsunweeded
1 6.4

Left dirty with dust or leaves

is any place left uncleared of unwanted items not method specific
unraked
vsunweeded
6.3

Left with leaves or debris that people have not gathered

is any place left uncleared of unwanted items not limited to leaf clearing

How Clean

clean
∞ 1.0
cleared
1.8
untidy
11 1.0
unweeded
7.1
cluttered
25 3.0

Surface Forms

unweeded positive

Morphology

unweeded = weeded (semi-transparent) = un + weed + ed

The morphological relation (un- + weeded) is clear, but the sense extends metaphorically to 'unwanted or unnecessary elements' beyond literal plants, which may not be obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Unweeded is made of un- 'not' and weed 'a wild plant', so it originally meant 'not cleared of weeds'. Think of a garden left full of weeds where it is hard to find the good plants — in the same way an unweeded report or database still has unwanted items, which is why we use unweeded for collections not cleared of unnecessary things.