unredressed

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adjective

Not redressed.

OriginEnglish redressed ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

adjectiveunredressed (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot redressed.

    A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser.

    1846, Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado

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. Englishredressed
  9. Englishunredressed

From un- + redressed.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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