unnurtured

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adjective

That has not been nurtured.

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

adjectiveunnurtured (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThat has not been nurtured.

    Dark are their brows, and wild they rove Unnurtur'd o'er their native earth, Yet deep their rugged bosoms love Their land of birth.

    1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, Remonstrance of the Creek Indians, page 76

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. Englishnurtured
  9. Englishunnurtured

From un- + nurtured.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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