unspun

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/ʌnˈspʌn/

adjective

Not spun.

OriginEnglish spun ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
UncommonScrabble 8
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Meanings

adjectiveunspun (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot spun.
  2. not comparableOf fibers, not yet having been twisted into yarn or thread.

    Do not spin right up to the very end of your carded fibers; leave a generous unspun area for easy joining on of the next wool.

    1987, Paula Simmons, Spinning and weaving with wool, published 1977, →ISBN, page 102
    1 more example

    Different breeds of sheep have been raised by the Navajo, and sometimes the yarn, and even the unspun wool, have come from outside the reservation.

    1979, Kax Wilson, A History of Textiles, Westview Press, →ISBN, page 302

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. Englishspun
  9. Englishunspun

From un- + spun.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with unspun

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Cite this entry
APA

unspun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unspun

MLA

“unspun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unspun. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unspun,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unspun.

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