unturned

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adjective

Not turned.

Opposite
UncommonScrabble 9

Meanings

adjectiveunturned (not generally comparable, comparative more unturned, superlative most unturned)

comparative more unturned · superlative most unturned

  1. not comparableusuallyNot turned.

    [W]oman's loveliness had heretofore been an unturned page in the young man's life.

    1873, Julian Hawthorne, chapter 5, in Bressant
    1 more example

    “This case of police torture and murder is shocking. But this is not the first case and it is unlikely to be the last case until and unless the police conduct serious interrogations and investigations and leave no stones unturned,” said Sunai Phasuk, a senior researcher for Human Rights Watch.

    2021 August 25, Tassanee Vejpongsa, “Video sparks arrest of Thai police in drug suspect's death”, in The Washington Post, retrieved 26 Aug 2021

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot turned

Opposite

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. Englishturned
  9. Englishunturned

From un- + turned.

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Translations

Greek ατόρνευτος
  • ατόρνευτος (atórneftos)not turned
Cite this entry
APA

unturned. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unturned

MLA

“unturned.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unturned. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unturned,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unturned.

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