unspanked

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adjective

Not spanked.

OriginEnglish spanked ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
Scrabble 16
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Meanings

adjectiveunspanked (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot spanked.

    […] the most devoted mother or father is prone to regard as unspanked brats children who to a third party appear quite as well as the critic's own.

    1918, The Atlantic Monthly
    1 more example

    These serve as pathetic substitutes for the love he craves but has never received. Though unpublicized, many an unspanked child has developed a healthy personality.

    1957, Robert O Blood, Anticipating Your Marriage

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
unsmacked

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. Englishspanked
  9. Englishunspanked

From un- + spanked.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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