[1625–35; un-1 + blench1 + -ed2]This word is first recorded in the period 1625–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: deviate, functional, interlock, program, substratumun- is a prefix meaning “not,” freely used as an English formative, giving negative oropposite force in adjectives and their derivative adverbs and nouns (unfair; unfairly; unfairness; unfelt; unseen; unfitting; unformed; unheard-of; un-get-at-able), and less freely used in certain other nouns (unrest; unemployment); -ed is a suffix forming the past participle of weak verbs (he had crossed the river), and of participial adjectives indicating a condition or quality resulting fromthe action of the verb (inflated balloons). Other words that use the affix -ed include: classified, integrated, registered, truncated, unsettled
Examples of 'unblenched' in a sentence
unblenched
This moment uproots another in unblenched voice, tree-strode pitch.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Unblenched (echoing unfound) suggests unflinching: is it the wind, or voice of the moment forming a memory?