unpursed

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adjective

Not pursed.

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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of unpurse
adjectiveunpursed (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot pursed.

    Obviously, verbal praise or encouragement should not be given without appropriate inflection of the voice and related facial expressions, and yet how often we hear these encouraging cliches fall from unpursed lips in an expressionless face.

    1975, George Daniel Spache, Good reading for the disadvantaged reader: multi-ethnic resources, page 14

Origin

From un- + pursed.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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