unweaned

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adjective

Not yet weaned; still being suckled.

Opposite
weaned
OriginEnglish weaned ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunweaned (not comparable)
  1. especiallynot comparableNot yet weaned; still being suckled.
  2. figurativelynot comparableNaive, wet behind the ears, green, inexperienced.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot weaned

Opposite
weaned

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. Englishweaned
  9. Englishunweaned

From un- + weaned.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Latin lactens
  • lactensstill being suckled
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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