unwide

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adjective

Not wide.

OriginMiddle English unwid ← Old English unwīd →
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Meanings

adjectiveunwide (comparative unwider or more unwide, superlative unwidest or most unwide)

comparative unwider · comparative more unwide · superlative unwidest · superlative most unwide

  1. Not wide.

    But how, you ask, do you display a wide-screen movie on a decidedly unwide television screen?

    2000, Michael Miller, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Home Theater Systems

Origin

  1. Old Englishunwīd“not wide”
  2. Middle Englishunwid
  3. Englishunwide

From Middle English unwid, from Old English unwīd (“not wide”), equivalent to un- + wide. Cognate with Dutch onwijd (“unwide”), German unweit (“not far from”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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