unfed

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From un- +‎ fed.

Adjective[edit]

unfed (not comparable)

  1. Not fed.
  2. (figurative) Unsupported. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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Noun[edit]

unfed (plural unfeds)

  1. (biology) A mosquito that has not had a blood meal.
    The captured mosquitos were divided into feds and unfeds.

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Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un (one) +‎ -fed (-th)

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

unfed (feminine singular unfed, plural unfed, not comparable)

  1. first (forms ordinals of compound numbers where the first element is un (one))

Usage notes[edit]

  • The word unfed (first) is used in compound numbers, whereas cyntaf is used elsewhere, for instance, y llawr cyntaf (the first floor), yr unfed llawr ar hugain (the twenty-first floor).

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