unhung

U1N1H4U1N1G2

adjective

Not (yet) executed by hanging; unhanged.

OriginEnglish hung ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunhung (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot (yet) executed by hanging; unhanged.

    "You've heard of Linden?" "Linden, the professional medium. Yes, I've been told he is the greatest blackguard unhung." "Ah, well, they usually talk of them like that."

    1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019
  2. not comparableNot selected for exhibition.
  3. not comparableCooked without being hung to mature.

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. Englishhung
  9. Englishunhung

From un- + hung.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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