unfed

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adjective

Not fed.

“The captured mosquitos were divided into feds and unfeds.”

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Meanings

adjectiveunfed (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot fed.

    Unmentioned in the existing document, Henry would be left alone after I died: unfed, unwalked, unloved.

    2014 December 29, Jane Gross, “The Future, Revisited”, in The New York Times
    1 more example

    “Every day, the California dream is dimmed by the wrenching reality of families and children and seniors living unfed on a concrete bed.”

    2020 February 19, Thomas Fuller, “California Governor Declares Homeless Crisis ‘a Disgrace’”, in The New York Times
  2. figurativelynot comparableUnsupported.
noununfed (plural unfeds)

plural unfeds

  1. biologyA mosquito that has not had a blood meal.

    The captured mosquitos were divided into feds and unfeds.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot fed

adjectivenot given support

Similar

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishun-fedd, unfedd
  2. Englishunfed

From Middle English un-fedd, unfedd, equivalent to un- + fed.

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Translations

Bulgarian ненахранен
  • ненахранен (nenahranen)not fed
Greek νηστικός, αθήλαστος
  • νηστικός (nistikós)not fed
  • αθήλαστος (athílastos)not fed
Polish nienakarmiony
  • nienakarmionynot fed
Turkish aç
  • açnot fed
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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