unlived

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adjective

That has not been lived.

OriginEnglish lived ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
Scrabble 11
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Meanings

adjectiveunlived (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThat has not been lived.

    I want to cry for a life unlived, floating beautifully, poetically, all these years just out of reach.

    1983, Ken Norris, Whirlwinds, section 27
  2. not comparableobsoleteBereft or deprived of life.

    Where shall I live now Lucrece is unlived?

    1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC

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. Englishlived
  9. Englishunlived

From un- + lived.

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Translations

Turkish yaşanmamış
  • yaşanmamışhas not been lived

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

undevil
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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