unshowered

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adjective

Not showered; not having taken a shower.

“I woke late and hurried to work unshowered.”

OriginEnglish showered ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectiveunshowered (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot showered; not having taken a shower.

    I woke late and hurried to work unshowered.

    1 more example

    [T]e chronic water and electricity shortages that keep Lima in a state of unshowered, refrigeratorless stress were worse than ever.

    1993 February 8, Alma Guillermoprieto, “Letter from Lima: Down the Shining Path”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2025, page 66, column 1
  2. not comparableNot watered by showers.

    Nor is Osiris seen In Memphian grove or green, Trampling the unshowered grass with lowings loud.

    1629, John Milton, “On the Morning of Christs Nativity”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC

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. Englishshowered
  9. Englishunshowered

From un- + showered.

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APA

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Chicago

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