undelved

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adjective

Not delved or dug.

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

adjectiveundelved (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot delved or dug.

    Why, all the undelved mines cannot buy An ounce of justice,

    1592, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedy
    2 more examples

    She looks worried that undelved depths of silly shit do exist, but she relents, because a tip is at stake and we profile loose with gratitude.

    2000, Robert Wintner, The Modern Outlaws: A Road Saga, →ISBN, page 34

    Welcome, ye wild plains Unbroken by the plough, undelved by hand Of patient rustic; where for lowing herds, And for the music of the bleating flocks, Alone is heard the kangaroo's sad note, Deepening in distance.

    2009, Peter Pierce, The Cambridge History of Australian Literature, →ISBN, page 122

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. Englishdelved
  9. Englishundelved

From un- + delved.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

duneveld
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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