unred

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adjective

Not red.

OriginMiddle English unrede ← Old English *unrēad ← Proto-West Germanic *unraud →
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Meanings

adjectiveunred (not comparable)
  1. not comparableuncommonNot red.

    Nothing can be red and unred all over at the same time for the same viewer.

    2003, M. Estep, A Theory of Immediate Awareness: Self-Organization and Adaptation in Natural Intelligence, Springer,, →ISBN, page 98

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*unraud“not red”
  2. Old English*unrēad
  3. Middle Englishunrede“not red, pale, whitish”
  4. Englishunred

From Middle English unrede (“not red, pale, whitish”), from Old English *unrēad, from Proto-West Germanic *unraud (“not red”), equivalent to un- + red. Cognate with Old High German unrōt (“not red, whitish”).

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APA

unred. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unred

MLA

“unred.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unred. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unred,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unred.

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