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unzoned

unzoned

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A building with one thermostat for all rooms
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈzoʊnd/
  • Specialized
: sin dividir
  • Older homes are often unzoned, making it difficult to adjust heating in individual areas.

Examples

  • Because the office was unzoned, some employees found their rooms too hot while others were cold.

  • The building was unzoned, so one thermostat controlled the temperature for all rooms.

  • The room is unzoned.

  • Don't keep it unzoned!

  • The building was unzoned, so one thermostat controlled the temperature for all rooms.

  • Older homes are often unzoned, making it difficult to adjust heating in individual areas.

  • Because the office space was unzoned, some employees found their rooms too hot while others were cold.

Surface Forms

unzoned positive

Morphology

unzoned = zoned (transparent) = un + zone + ed

Regular negation of the adjectival/past-participial 'zoned' to mean 'not divided into zones', which is a direct, productive formation.

Etymology

Unzoned is made of un- 'not' and zone 'area'. So, when a building is unzoned it is not split into separate control areas, and one thermostat may control the whole space rather than rooms being heated or cooled separately.