unpointed

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

un- +‎ pointed

Adjective[edit]

unpointed (not comparable)

  1. Not pointed (formed into a point).
    • 2007 October 4, Roslyn Sulcas, “For $10, a Smorgasbord of the Popular and Daring”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      Ms. Marin uses a deliberately slack, unballetic form; limbs are relaxed rather than stretched and feet are unpointed.
  2. Not pointed (finished by filling with cement or mortar).
    • 2007, Russell Versaci, Creating a New Old House: Yesterday's Character for Today's Home:
      The masons laid the brick walls unevenly, leaving unpointed mortar between bricks for a rough-cast texture.
  3. (typography) Not marked with a point.
    an unpointed vowel

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

unpointed

  1. simple past and past participle of unpoint
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