unsnuffed

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adjective

Not snuffed.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adjectiveunsnuffed (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot snuffed.

    The unsnuffed candlewick was crowned with a tuft of sooty ash, the fire had died down into a few dull red and white embers […]

    1865, Isabella Banks, God's Providence House, volume 2, page 72

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. Englishsnuffed
  9. Englishunsnuffed

From un- + snuffed.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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