unscreened

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adjective

Not screened, or not having been screened

OriginEnglish screened ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
UncommonScrabble 13
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Meanings

adjectiveunscreened (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot screened, or not having been screened

    They are usually untrained, unscreened and unsupervised[…].

    2007 March 1, Jane Gross, “New Options (and Risks) in Home Care for Elderly”, in New York Times
  2. not comparablenot protected by a built-in screen. (of cables etc.)

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. Englishscreened
  9. Englishunscreened

From un- + screened.

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Translations

Danish uscreenet
  • uscreenetnot screened
Norwegian Bokmål uskjermet
  • uskjermetnot screened
Cite this entry
APA

unscreened. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unscreened

MLA

“unscreened.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unscreened. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unscreened,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unscreened.

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