unsalted

U1N1S1A1L1T1E1D2

adjective

To which salt has not been added.

Opposite
UncommonScrabble 9

Meanings

unsalted1

adjectiveunsalted (not comparable)
  1. not comparableTo which salt has not been added.

    The antipasto often features fettunta—thin slices of Tuscan bread toasted and salted (the bread itself is unsalted) and perhaps rubbed with garlic (you may prefer to rub it on for yourself, or not if you're due to discuss Uganda or have an interview with Silvio Berlusconi)

    2009, Nicholas Belfrage, The Finest Wines of Tuscany and Central Italy, →ISBN, page 312
  2. not comparablecomputingWithout a cryptographic salt.

unsalted2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of unsalt

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite

adjectivewithout salt or seasoning

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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. Englishsalted
  9. Englishunsalted

From un- + salted.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Ancient Greek ἄναλος
  • ἄναλος (ánalos)not salted
Danish usaltet
  • usaltetnot salted
Finnish suolaton
  • suolatonnot salted
German ungesalzen
  • ungesalzennot salted
Latin īnsulsus
  • īnsulsusnot salted
Norwegian Bokmål usaltet
  • usaltetnot salted
Polish niesolony, nieposolony
  • niesolonynot salted
  • nieposolonynot salted
Portuguese insosso
  • insossonot salted
Romanian nesărat
  • nesăratnot salted
Russian несолёный
  • несолёный (nesoljónyj)not salted
Spanish sin sal
  • sin salnot salted
Swedish osaltad
  • osaltadnot salted

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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