Meanings
unpointed1
adjectiveunpointed (not comparable)
- not comparableNot pointed (formed into a point).
Ms. Marin uses a deliberately slack, unballetic form; limbs are relaxed rather than stretched and feet are unpointed.
2007 October 4, Roslyn Sulcas, “For $10, a Smorgasbord of the Popular and Daring”, in New York Times - not comparableNot pointed (finished by filling with cement or mortar).
The masons laid the brick walls unevenly, leaving unpointed mortar between bricks for a rough-cast texture.
2007, Russell Versaci, Creating a New Old House: Yesterday's Character for Today's Home - not comparablemediaNot marked with a point.
an unpointed vowel
unpointed2
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of unpoint
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishpointed
- Englishunpointed
Cite this entry
APA
unpointed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpointed
MLA
“unpointed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpointed. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unpointed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpointed.
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