unretorted

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adjective

Not heated in a retort.

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Meanings

adjectiveunretorted (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot heated in a retort.
  2. not comparableNot responded to with a retort.

    She is the last person in the world, from whom he will endure, unretorted, the language of reproach.

    1831, William Sullivan, The Moral Class Book, Or, The Law of Morals, page 202

Origin

From un- + retorted.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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