Meanings
unmatted1
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of unmat
unmatted2
comparative more unmatted · superlative most unmatted
- Not matted.
Instead of spending hours untangling hair, they could bond with friendly conversation (“Your hair looks so unmatted today!”) or by picking apart someone else’s behavior (“Yeah, he was supposed to share the wildebeest, but I heard he kept both haunches”).
2007 October 16, John Tierney, “Facts Prove No Match for Gossip, It Seems”, in New York Times
Origin
unmatted · verb
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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unmatted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmatted
“unmatted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmatted. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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