Meanings
adjectiveunbegun (not comparable)
- not comparableThat had no beginning; always existent.
Thou knowest not how came ye, hence callest thyself unbegotten; certainly knowest not thy beginning, hence callest thyself unbegun.
1851, Herman Melville, “The Candles”, in Moby-Dick
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveWhich has not yet been begun; unstarted.
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Origin
- Old Englishunbegunnen
- Middle Englishunbegunne
- Englishunbegun
From Middle English unbegunne, unbegunnon, unbigonne, unbigunnen, unbigunnon, unnbigunnenn, from Old English unbegunnen; equivalent to un- + begun.
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Icelandic óhafinn
- óhafinnwhich has not yet been begun; unstarted
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unbegun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbegun
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“unbegun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbegun. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbegun,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbegun.
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