undammed

U1N1D2A1M3M3E1D2

adjective

Not having been dammed.

OriginEnglish dammed ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

undammed1

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of undam

undammed2

adjectiveundammed (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot having been dammed.

    When you fly over an undammed river like the Fraser I grew up with, the plume of silt spewed into the ocean is astonishing, a good three kilometres of brown refusing to mix with the green of the ocean.

    2008, Brian Harvey, The End of the River

Origin

undammed · verb

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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undammed · adjective

  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. Englishdammed
  9. Englishundammed

From un- + dammed.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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