Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not made.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Deprived of form or qualities.
- Not made; not yet formed.
- Used with up: not made up; not worked into shape; not manufactured: as, unmade-up materials; an unmade-up dress.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not yet made or formed.
- adjective Deprived of form, character, etc.; disunited.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective not (yet) made
- adjective existing without having been made
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
unmake .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of a bed) not having the sheets and blankets set in order
Etymologies
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Examples
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The people are no wiser nor can they adjust themselves to the change of conditions brought about by the creation of all this new money; yet if "unmade" or lost, the entire volume of the nation's wealth would be contracted.
Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated Thomas William Lawson 1891
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They "unmade" sin through humility and obedience, just as the goal in the movie is to "unmake" the ring.
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My bed is um, kind of unmade at the moment, which some people will go ballistic about, but I don't really care - mainly because I've been at home the whole day and I really ever only make my bed when I go out.
WordPress.com News 2008
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Whatever the cause, the anger, and bitterness and frustration drips from the walls; the front desk snaps at the guests, the housekeepers snap at the front desk in the hallway outside my room, I heard a maid apologizing to a guest for his unmade room -- "it's the front desk's fault, they always send people up before we're ready" and the bartenders and bellhops snap at everyone.
Paul Carr: The Strip Diary, Day Eight: I'd Rather Be Abused at the Riviera Than Set Foot in Donald Trump's Hotel Paul Carr 2011
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Whatever the cause, the anger, and bitterness and frustration drips from the walls; the front desk snaps at the guests, the housekeepers snap at the front desk in the hallway outside my room, I heard a maid apologizing to a guest for his unmade room -- "it's the front desk's fault, they always send people up before we're ready" and the bartenders and bellhops snap at everyone.
Paul Carr: The Strip Diary, Day Eight: I'd Rather Be Abused at the Riviera Than Set Foot in Donald Trump's Hotel Paul Carr 2011
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Whatever the cause, the anger, and bitterness and frustration drips from the walls; the front desk snaps at the guests, the housekeepers snap at the front desk in the hallway outside my room, I heard a maid apologizing to a guest for his unmade room -- "it's the front desk's fault, they always send people up before we're ready" and the bartenders and bellhops snap at everyone.
Paul Carr: The Strip Diary, Day Eight: I'd Rather Be Abused at the Riviera Than Set Foot in Donald Trump's Hotel Paul Carr 2011
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Whatever the cause, the anger, and bitterness and frustration drips from the walls; the front desk snaps at the guests, the housekeepers snap at the front desk in the hallway outside my room, I heard a maid apologizing to a guest for his unmade room -- "it's the front desk's fault, they always send people up before we're ready" and the bartenders and bellhops snap at everyone.
Paul Carr: The Strip Diary, Day Eight: I'd Rather Be Abused at the Riviera Than Set Foot in Donald Trump's Hotel Paul Carr 2011
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The sculpture, or plate, or fountain, or bust, is forgotten, is lost: has unmade itself through some unknown agency of fate.
Cellini's Salt Cellar James Greer 2011
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Whatever the cause, the anger, and bitterness and frustration drips from the walls; the front desk snaps at the guests, the housekeepers snap at the front desk in the hallway outside my room, I heard a maid apologizing to a guest for his unmade room -- "it's the front desk's fault, they always send people up before we're ready" and the bartenders and bellhops snap at everyone.
Paul Carr: The Strip Diary, Day Eight: I'd Rather Be Abused at the Riviera Than Set Foot in Donald Trump's Hotel Paul Carr 2011
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Whatever the cause, the anger, and bitterness and frustration drips from the walls; the front desk snaps at the guests, the housekeepers snap at the front desk in the hallway outside my room, I heard a maid apologizing to a guest for his unmade room -- "it's the front desk's fault, they always send people up before we're ready" and the bartenders and bellhops snap at everyone.
Paul Carr: The Strip Diary, Day Eight: I'd Rather Be Abused at the Riviera Than Set Foot in Donald Trump's Hotel Paul Carr 2011
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