Meanings
ungrasped1
- not comparableNot grasped.
All his life he had been hurrying desperately, and all his life the true moments had offered themselves and been left ungrasped.
1910, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, Shining Ferry1 more example
And if perchance some fleeting memories steal, Like far-off echoes to my dreaming ear, Away, ungrasped, the cheating visions wheel, As spectres start upon the wing of fear.
1851, Sam G. Goodrich, Poems
ungrasped2
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of ungrasp
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot fully apprehended
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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ungrasped. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ungrasped
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