unsweetened

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adjective

Not sweetened.

UncommonScrabble 15

Meanings

adjectiveunsweetened (comparative more unsweetened, superlative most unsweetened)

comparative more unsweetened · superlative most unsweetened

  1. Not sweetened.

    “People need to consider other ways to reduce free sugars intake, such as consuming food with naturally occurring sugars, like fruit, or unsweetened food and beverages,” said Francesco Branca, the W.H.O. director for nutrition and food safety.

    2023 May 15, April Rubin, “World Health Organization Warns Against Using Artificial Sweeteners”, in The New York Times
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of unsweeten

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot made sweet

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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. Englishsweetened
  9. Englishunsweetened

From un- + sweetened.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian неподсладен
  • неподсладен (nepodsladen)Not sweetened
Catalan sense endolcir
  • sense endolcirNot sweetened
Chinese Mandarin 無糖 /无糖, 無加糖 /无加糖
  • 無糖 /无糖 (wútáng)Not sweetened
  • 無加糖 /无加糖Not sweetened
Danish usødet
  • usødetNot sweetened
Finnish sokeroimaton, makeuttamaton
  • sokeroimatonNot sweetened
  • makeuttamatonNot sweetened
German ungesüßt
  • ungesüßtNot sweetened
Hungarian édesítetlen
  • édesítetlenNot sweetened
Irish neamh-mhilsithe
  • neamh-mhilsitheNot sweetened
Norwegian Bokmål usøtet
  • usøtetNot sweetened
Russian неслащёный, неподслащенный
  • неслащёный (neslaščónyj)Not sweetened
  • неподслащенный (nepodslaščennyj)Not sweetened
Swedish osötad
  • osötadNot sweetened
Welsh heb ei felysu
  • heb ei felysuNot sweetened
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: unsweetened on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.