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Webster 1828 Edition


Unpointed

UNPOINT'ED

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Adj.
1.
Having no point or string.
2.
Not having marks by which to distinguish sentences, members and clauses in writing.
3.
Not having the vowel points or marks; as an unpointed manuscript in Hebrew or Arabic.

Definition 2024


unpointed

unpointed

English

Adjective

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:
      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