unfused

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adjective

Not fused; distinct

“an unfused vertebra”

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Meanings

unfused1

adjectiveunfused (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot fused; distinct

    an unfused vertebra

  2. not comparableLacking a fuse

    We are sitting with smiles for the camera near a plane in early daylight on a low stack of unfused thousand-pound bombs, waiting for the signal to start up for another mission […]

    1994, Joseph Heller, Closing Time, →ISBN, page 13

unfused2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of unfuse

Origin

unfused · adjective

  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. Englishfused
  9. Englishunfused

From un- + fused.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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