Definition of unrounded in English:
unrounded
adjective ʌnˈraʊndɪdˌənˈroundəd
1Not rounded.
Example sentencesExamples
- For example, the sharp sides defining the bottom surfaces may be left unrounded.
- Front and central vowels and back low vowels are normally pronounced with the lips unrounded.
- The inside upper edge should be left unrounded, so as to prevent the staves from splintering when adzing the barrel.
- 1.1Phonetics (of a vowel) pronounced with the lips not rounded.
Example sentencesExamples
- The o-sound of go, note, soap begins with a rounded vowel, while the o-sound in not is unrounded.
- The /u/ of blue, room has a front, lowered realization, sometimes unrounded.
- In the Russian transliteration, the vowel y is a high back unrounded vowel (not found in English); it's not like English y.
- On the other hand, in some regions of the US caught and cot are distinct in pronunciation (typically with a rounded vowel in the first and an unrounded vowel in the second).
- The resulting vowel is sometimes lightly rounded but more often unrounded, like the stressed vowel of father.