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unsound
English
Etymology
un- +? sound.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?n-sound?, IPA(key): /??n?sa?nd/
- Rhymes: -a?nd
Adjective
unsound (comparative more unsound or unsounder, superlative most unsound or unsoundest)
- Not sound, particularly:
- Not whole, not solid, defective.
- (especially of equestrianism) Infirm, diseased.
- (Britain, especially of people) Not good, unreliable.
- 1919, P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves:
- You would not like Nietzsche, sir. He is fundamentally unsound.
- 1919, P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves:
- Not whole, not solid, defective.
Antonyms
- sound
Derived terms
- unsoundly
- unsoundness
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worn
English
Etymology
By analogy to past participles like torn from tear and sworn from swear.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /w??n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /w??n/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /wo(?)?n/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /wo?n/
- Rhymes: -??(?)n
- Homophone: warn (accents with the horse-hoarse merger)
Adjective
worn (comparative more worn, superlative most worn)
- damaged and shabby as a result of much use
Translations
Verb
worn
- past participle of wear
Derived terms
- forworn
- outworn
- worn out
Anagrams
- Norw., rown
Middle English
Verb
worn
- Alternative form of weren
Old English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /worn/, [wor?n]
Noun
worn m
- great many, multitude
- crowd, swarm, band, flock
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) , “worn”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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