unenclosed

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adjective

Not enclosed.

“The body of a flatbed is commonly unenclosed.”

Similar
hypaethralhypethralopenunfenced
Opposite
enclosed
OriginEnglish enclosed ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunenclosed (comparative more unenclosed, superlative most unenclosed)

comparative more unenclosed · superlative most unenclosed

  1. Not enclosed.

    Behind him the hills are open, the sun blazes down upon fields so large as to give an unenclosed character to the landscape, the lanes are white, the hedges low and plashed, the atmosphere colourless.

    1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 14
  2. Relating to the exposure of elements that are typically unexposed.

    The body of a flatbed is commonly unenclosed.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot closed in or surrounded or included

Similar
hypaethralhypethralopenunfenced
Opposite
enclosed
Also see
hypaethralopenunfenced

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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. Englishenclosed
  9. Englishunenclosed

From un- + enclosed.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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