unfaced

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adjective

Not faced; not taken on or confronted.

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

adjectiveunfaced (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot faced; not taken on or confronted.

    Democrats also have an unfaced crisis.

    2009 January 16, David Brooks, “An Economy of Faith and Trust”, in New York Times
  2. not comparableusuallyHaving a vapor barrier (also called vapor retarder) that blocks moisture from moving from one space to another.

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. Englishfaced
  9. Englishunfaced

From un- + faced.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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