unhatched

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adjective

Not yet hatched.

“an unhatched egg”

Similar
unborn
OriginEnglish hatched ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunhatched (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot yet hatched.

    an unhatched egg

  2. not comparableNot shaded with hatching.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot yet emerged from an egg

Similar
unborn
Also see
unborn

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. Englishhatched
  9. Englishunhatched

From un- + hatched.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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