unsexed

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adjective

Not separated by sex; not having undergone sexing.

“My summer job was to convert a stream of unsexed chicks into two streams of sexed chicks.”

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castratedalteredneuteredcutemasculatedgeldedspayed
OriginEnglish sexed ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

unsexed1

adjectiveunsexed (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot separated by sex; not having undergone sexing.

    My summer job was to convert a stream of unsexed chicks into two streams of sexed chicks.

unsexed2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of unsex

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivedeprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes

Similar
castratedalteredneuteredcutemasculatedgeldedspayed
Also see
alteredcastratedcutgeldedneutered

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

unsexed · adjective

  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. Englishsexed
  9. Englishunsexed

From un- + sexed.

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unsexed · verb

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Germanic*anda-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anda-
  5. Old Englishand-
  6. Old Englishon-
  7. Middle Englishon-
  8. Englishun-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*sek-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*séks-u-s
  11. Proto-Italic*seksus
  12. Proto-Indo-European*sek-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*sékh₁yeti
  14. Proto-Italic*sekaō
  15. Latinsecō
  16. Latinsecāre?
  17. Latinsexus
  18. Old Frenchsexe
  19. Middle Englishsexe
  20. Englishsex
  21. Englishunsex
  22. Englishunsexed

From unsex + -ed.

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Cite this entry
APA

unsexed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsexed

MLA

“unsexed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsexed. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unsexed,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsexed.

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