Meanings
adjectiveuntaken (not comparable)
- not comparableNot taken.
The Army and the Navy and the War Production Board are constantly putting pressure on the manufacturers for more airplanes. The manufacturers feel that these agencies leave needed steps untaken, and take measures that are unnecessary […]
1943, American Machinist, volume 87, numbers 5-9, page 120
Origin
- Middle Englishuntaken
- Englishuntaken
From Middle English untaken; equivalent to un- + taken.
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