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unproˈnounced, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Unuttered, unspoken.
[1586in Bk. Univ. Kirk Scotl. (1839) 298 We hold the said proces and sentence as unled, undecydit or pronuncit.] 1611Cotgr. s.v. Cet, Those [words] which begin..with H vnpronounced. 1628Milton Vac. Exerc. 4 Hail native Language, that..mad'st imperfect words with childish tripps, Half unpronounc't, slide through my infant-lipps. 1796F. Burney Camilla V. 35 He wanted her to seize his meaning unpronounced.
2. Not prominent or distinct.
1863Dana Man. Geol. 748 Although the grand systems in Zoology are unpronounced, there are still faint indications of them generally observable. |