uninsulated

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adjective

Lacking insulation; not insulated

UncommonScrabble 12

Meanings

adjectiveuninsulated (not comparable)
  1. not comparableLacking insulation; not insulated

    These people are buying stoves that their grandparents depended on to keep them warm in cold winters in an uninsulated house.

    2009 January 9, Billie Cohen, “More Than a Warm Memory”, in The New York Times

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. Englishinsulated
  9. Englishuninsulated

From un- + insulated.

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Translations

Danish uisoleret
  • uisoleretnot insulated
Norwegian Bokmål uisolert
  • uisolertnot insulated
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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