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unworn

unworn

1 3.1
Not used and still like new
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈwɔrn/
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  • Its impressive facade and unworn steps are juxtaposed against the revelries that can be both seen and heard coming from the AD porch on any given weekend.
  • unworn clothes
  • closet full of unworn
  • unworn for years

Although I would just say this, your closet is generally a junk drawer for your unworn clothes.

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Examples

  • She said that it was unworn and UN laundered since that evening.

  • I tend to put all of my unworn shoes under the bed.

  • Although I would just say this, your closet is generally a junk drawer for your unworn clothes.

  • She said that it was unworn and unwoundered since that evening.

  • Then picture the unworn clothes occupying your cavernous walk in closet.

  • It was a new plane, the blue-and-orange brocade on the seats clean and unworn.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Even grandparents, faced with the waste of unworn choices, bowed to them with red-and-white striped shirts and Wrangler jeans.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • I pulled on my Frye boots, my jeans with the blue unworn rectangle on the thigh where I carried my backstage employee's pass for the rock shows, and my red T-shirt with the white star on the back signifying that I was on stage crew, the working aristocracy of rock 'n' roll.

    Academic text (2008)
  • I often donate my unworn clothes to charity to help those in need.

  • The unworn book still had its original cover and crisp pages.

Synonyms

new
vsunworn
1.0

In original condition and never used before

means the same but uses a different word form

Antonyms

4 2.1

Damaged and showing signs of long use

1.0

Owned by someone else before

How Worn

worn
4 2.1
used
1.0
unworn
1 3.1
pristine
63 5.1

Surface Forms

unworn positive

Morphology

unworn = worn (transparent) = un + worn

The prefix 'un-' clearly negates the adjective 'worn', making the meaning directly derivable.

Etymology

The word unworn is made of the prefix un- meaning 'not' and worn, from the verb 'to wear', so it literally means 'not worn'. Think of a new pair of shoes that still look unused — that's why unworn describes something still in its original condition.