unset

U1N1S1E1T1
/ʌnˈsɛt/

adjective

Not set; not fixed or appointed.

“an unset broken bone”

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clear
OriginEnglish set ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
Less commonScrabble 5
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Meanings

adjectiveunset (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot set; not fixed or appointed.
  2. not comparableNot mounted or placed in a setting.
  3. not comparableNot set.

    an unset broken bone

  4. not comparableNot planted.

    And many maiden gardens, yet unset With virtuous wish would bear your living flowers

    1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 16”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC
  5. not comparableuncongealed, unconsolidated

    unset concrete; unset cement

verbunset (third-person singular simple present unsets, present participle unsetting, simple past and past participle unset)

present singular third person unsets · participle present unsetting

  1. transitiveTo make not set.

    to unset a single bit in a binary pattern

    Synonyms: clear

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo make not set.

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clear

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. Englishset
  9. Englishunset

From un- + set.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with unset

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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