Meanings
- not comparableNot crossed (in various senses).
Where an uncrossed cheque, or a cheque crossed generally, is sent to a bank for collection, that bank may add a special crossing in favour of itself.
2011, E. P. Ellinger, E. Lomnicka, C. Hare, Ellinger's Modern Banking Law, page 4141 more example
The northeast corner has coal mines, old railroad towns and, along the Wyoming border, the Uinta Mountains, uncrossed by road and showing hardly a sign of civilization.
2004, The Rough Guide to the USA, page 1061
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of uncross
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(of a check) not crossed
adjectivenot crossed
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishcrossed
- Englishuncrossed
Cite this entry
uncrossed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncrossed
“uncrossed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncrossed. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncrossed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncrossed.
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