Meanings
adjectiveundecomposed (comparative more undecomposed, superlative most undecomposed)
comparative more undecomposed · superlative most undecomposed
- Not decomposed.
[…] Labaud’s body had been cast ashore, undecomposed enough to show what had happened to him […]
1929, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 6, in The Dain Curse, New York: Vintage, published 1972, page 49
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishdecomposed
- Englishundecomposed
From un- + decomposed.
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APA
undecomposed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undecomposed
MLA
“undecomposed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undecomposed. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undecomposed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undecomposed.
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