unstamped
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- adjective
- /ʌnˈstæmpt/
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- The letter was sent in an unstamped envelope, which meant it couldn't be delivered without further payment.
Examples
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And while scraping across the unstamped and inscribed areas is OK, that level of friction might cause harm.
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She discovered an unstamped postcard buried in the drawer, revealing a message from an old friend.
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There are no rules against putting unstamped items in the slot (as there are for mailboxes in the U.S.), so a variety of things get dropped through.
Blog text (7) -
Above, for example, I've made a little comparison between ACME Novelty Library #18 and the slightly larger, untitled, unstamped 'facsimile' edition included in the box.
Blog text (4) -
And so when I felt that first piercing ray—when I found in a grassy patch outside my front door that unstamped letter from Thomas Fenster—it seemed only natural that I change accordingly.
Fiction book (1990) -
Other than as permitted by 3.2.10, Delivery of Unstamped Newspapers, or 3.2.11, no part of a mail receptacle may be used to deliver any matter not bearing postage, including items or matter placed upon, supported by, attached to, hung from, or inserted into a mail receptacle.
Blog text (21) -
The museum displayed various unstamped artifacts that had been found during the excavation.
Synonyms
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Having no mark or label to show who it belongs to
Not stamped or marked to show it is valid
An object that has no writing or marks on it
How Official
Surface Forms
Morphology
unstamped = stamped (transparent) = un + stamp + ed
Formed by adding the negative prefix 'un-' to the participial adjective 'stamped', yielding the straightforward opposite 'not stamped'.
Etymology
Unstamped breaks into un- meaning 'not' and stamp meaning a 'mark' or the small paper you put on mail. So unstamped means 'not marked', which is why an unstamped letter cannot be sent through the mail.