unfed

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ fed.

Adjective

unfed (not comparable)

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

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Translations

Noun

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

Etymology

un (“one”) +‎ -fed (“-th”)

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

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

Usage notes

  • 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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