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unsprouted

unsprouted

1 5.7
Not yet grown any shoots or small plants
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈspraʊtɪd/
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  • Many unsprouted seeds can still be planted in the soil during the spring.

Examples

  • The seeds remained unsprouted after weeks of waiting for rain to come.

  • Raw, unsprouted nuts contain enzymes in a "dormant" state.

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  • Sprouted grain is less bad than unsprouted grain, but that does not make it a good, healthy food.

  • I found some unsprouted beans in the pantry that I forgot to plant last year.

Antonyms

sprouted
3 2.1

A seed or plant that has just begun to grow above the ground

How Sprouted

sprouted
3 2.1
dormant
44 5.2
unsprouted
1 5.7

Surface Forms

unsprouted positive

Morphology

unsprouted = sprouted (transparent) = un + sprout + ed

The adjective is formed by adding the productive negation prefix 'un-' to 'sprouted' (past-participial adjective), yielding the straightforward meaning 'not having sprouted'.

Etymology

Unsprouted is made from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and the word sprout meaning 'a new shoot' or young plant. So unsprouted describes a seed or grain that has not started to grow its little green 'sprout', which is why we call seeds unsprouted before they begin to grow or are used in cooking.