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unpregnant

unpregnant

1 6.3
Not carrying a baby inside the body
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈprɛɡnənt/
translation icon : no embarazada
  • The veterinarian confirmed that the dog was unpregnant after her recent visit.

Examples

  • So here I am now, unpregnant, as sanguine as ever, but never as sad.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • I refer to your new and unpregnant understudy, Miss Eve Harrington.

    All About Eve (1950)

  • After her treatment, she was finally unpregnant and ready to start a new chapter in her life.

  • She felt relieved to be unpregnant after making the difficult decision to terminate the pregnancy.

Synonyms

unconceived
vsunpregnant
1 7.9

Not pregnant and not carrying a baby

focuses on current absence of a developing offspring rather than past fertilization
nonpregnant
vsunpregnant
  • Specialized
2.9

Not carrying a baby inside the body

is the neutral label for not carrying a developing offspring
unexpectant
vsunpregnant
6.8

Not pregnant and not carrying a baby

is the term for the state of not carrying rather than lack of anticipation
unimpregnated
vsunpregnant
  • Specialized
8.8

A female animal or egg not fertilized by a male

is used for human absence of carrying a developing offspring, not egg fertilization

Antonyms

pregnant
∞ 1.0

Having a baby or a young animal growing inside the belly

How Pregnant

enceinte
  • Formal
9.9
pregnant
∞ 1.0
unpregnant
1 6.3

Surface Forms

unpregnant positive

Morphology

unpregnant = pregnant (transparent) = un + pregnant

Clear negation formed by the productive prefix 'un-' applied to the adjective 'pregnant', so the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

Unpregnant is made from un- meaning 'not' and pregnant meaning 'with child'. So, unpregnant simply means 'not carrying a baby'.