unowned

U1N1O1W4N1E1D2

adjective

Not owned; not having an owner.

Similar
ownerless
Opposite
owned
OriginEnglish owned ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunowned (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot owned; not having an owner.
  2. not comparableNot avowed or acknowledged as one's own property or one's own work.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving no owner

Similar
ownerless
Opposite
owned
Also see
ownerless

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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. Englishowned
  9. Englishunowned

From un- + owned.

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Translations

Hungarian gazdátlan
  • gazdátlannot owned; not having an owner
Cite this entry
APA

unowned. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unowned

MLA

“unowned.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unowned. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unowned,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unowned.

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