unbuttered

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adjective

Not buttered.

“The shops were still closed, so we had unbuttered toast for breakfast.”

OriginEnglish buttered ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

adjectiveunbuttered (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot buttered.

    The shops were still closed, so we had unbuttered toast for breakfast.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishbuttered
  9. Englishunbuttered

From un- + buttered.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

unrebutted
Cite this entry
APA

unbuttered. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbuttered

MLA

“unbuttered.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbuttered. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbuttered,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbuttered.

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