Meanings
- not comparableFinished without a nap (in fabric).
Did I attempt her with a thred-bare name—unnapt with meritorious actions, [...]
1616–1619 (first performance), John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, Nathan Field, “The Knight of Malta”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 71, column 12 more examples
Napping permits a more permeable cake on the fabric surface but, in some cases, is more difficult to clean than unnapped cloth.
1952, Louis C. McCabe, Air Pollution: Proceedings, page 284Pigment prints are better applied to the unnapped side of a fabric as the print will matt down the raised fibers.
1995, Pigment Printing Handbook, page 118 - not comparableNot having napped (slept for a short time)
A newborn baby Left unnapped so carelessly Takes this time to pee
2008, Robert R. Jones, “Haiku”, in Harold J. Ellner, editor, The Best of Wits End: Medical Humor at Its Brainiest, page 3332 more examples
However wolverine-like an unnapped child, he's a cherub compared to one roused from a short sleep.
2006, C. R. Yeager, Breakfast at Noon: Backwards in the "Burbs", page 52If your unnapped child is fairly civil, composed, and not too cranky at bed- time, he probably doesn't need naps anymore.
2009, Michelle Nicholasen, Barbara O'Neal, I Brake for Meltdowns, page 100
Origin
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