unrestored

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adjective

Not having been restored

“an unrestored Model T”

UncommonScrabble 11

Meanings

adjectiveunrestored (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot having been restored

    an unrestored Model T

    2 more examples

    In 2018, bird monitoring teams saw more total birds (74%) and species types (20%) such as Yellow-breasted Chat, Black Phoebe, and Cactus Wren in restored riparian areas than in unrestored lands in the floodplain, highlighting the importance of the habitat provided by these restoration sites.

    2022 October 27, Julia Morton, “Restoration Efforts in the Colorado River Delta are Working”, in Audubon

    If there's any direction at the moment, it's to cut costs. This is most clearly visible in services left unrestored since COVID and in current attempts to close almost all of England's ticket offices.

    2023 August 9, Philip Haigh, “Get the product and price right to tempt back commuters”, in RAIL, number 989, page 54
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of unrestore

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. Englishrestored
  9. Englishunrestored

From un- + restored.

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Translations

Greek αναποκατάστατος
  • αναποκατάστατος (anapokatástatos)not restored

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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