unmiked

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adjective

Not miked; not amplified with a microphone

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

adjectiveunmiked (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot miked; not amplified with a microphone

    But it may end up unmiked in her coloratura register, where it does.

    2007 February 4, Matthew Gurewitsch, quoting Adams, “Broadway Babies Give a Grand Old Lady a Hand”, in 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. Englishmiked
  9. Englishunmiked

From un- + miked.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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