unchipped

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adjective

Not chipped.

“an unchipped plate”

Scrabble 19

Meanings

adjectiveunchipped (comparative more unchipped, superlative most unchipped)

comparative more unchipped · superlative most unchipped

  1. Not chipped.

    an unchipped plate

    1 more example

    And there, in the centre of the picture, with its carved back scarcely three feet below the soil, is the throne of the ancient king, with the lines of its strange crocketing fresh and unchipped, unmoved from the day when it was packed away in the earth three-and-thirty centuries ago.

    1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 2

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. Englishchipped
  9. Englishunchipped

From un- + chipped.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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