Meanings
adjectiveunventilated (not comparable)
- not comparableNot ventilated, lacking ventilation.
[...] but in the damp conditions prevailing the driver sensibly was unwilling to attempt the climb up through Combe Down tunnel without help, for fear of slipping to a standstill in the unventilated bore, [...].
1960 March, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 184
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot ventilated
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishventilated
- Englishunventilated
From un- + ventilated.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian непроветрен
- непроветрен (neprovetren)not ventilated
Cite this entry
APA
unventilated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unventilated
MLA
“unventilated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unventilated. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unventilated,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unventilated.
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