unpregnant

1 6.3

Not carrying a baby inside the body

adjective
/ʌnˈprɛɡnənt/

: 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

nonpregnant

vsunpregnant

Specialized

1 2.9

Not carrying a baby inside the body

is the neutral label for not carrying a developing offspring

unexpectant

vsunpregnant

1 6.8

Not pregnant and not carrying a baby

is the term for the state of not carrying rather than lack of anticipation

unconceived

vsunpregnant

1 7.9

Not pregnant and not carrying a baby

focuses on current absence of a developing offspring rather than past fertilization

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

1 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'.