unspikedadj.
(un- prefix1 2; cf. spiked adj.2 3a, 3b.)
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > putting weapons or equipment out of action > [adjective] > not spiked
unspiked1902
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [adjective] > loose, unfastened, or untied > not fastened in other specific manner
unpinneda1393
unlaced1447
unnailed?1572
unrooted1604
ungirthed1628
unlatched1651
unchained1664
unlooped1716
unbolted1793
unbelted1814
unhinged1824
unclasped1825
unpulleyed1839
strapless1846
unwelded1846
unroped1849
unhasped1856
unwhipped1867
unbuckled1874
unsoldered1876
stringless1882
unspiked1902
unclipped1922
unzippered1936
unzipped1940
the world > matter > chemistry > chemical properties > [adjective] > enriched > not enriched
unspiked1969
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Unspiked, not spiked, not fastened with spikes.]
1902 Daily Chron. 16 July 8/6 Six [rail-] chairs..had been left unspiked.
1904 Westm. Gaz. 8 Sept. 7/1 They..[captured 97] cannon, mostly unspiked.
1969 Lithos II. 138 Unspiked measurements of Sr87/Sr86 and Sr88/Sr86 were made for all other samples.
1980 Nature 31 Jan. 438/2 Completely separate sets of equipment were used for spiked and unspiked sample solutions, thus eliminating the possibility of cross-contamination.
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adj.1902