Definition of unsized in English:
unsized
adjectiveʌnˈsʌɪzdˌənˈsaɪzd
(of fabric, paper, or a wall) not treated with size.
See size
Example sentencesExamples
- Dissolve the cobalt in the water and add the sugar, saturate unsized paper in the solution, and hang up to dry.
- A document handwritten with a special ink would be placed against a dampened, unsized sheet of paper and both would be squeezed in a copying press; the pressure transferred some of the document's ink onto the blank sheet.
- This occurs more often on unsized papers, but can occur on sized papers as well, when pigment is used in excess.
- Rice paper that has been left unsized has not been coated, so it is more absorbent.
- No distinction can be made between unsized yarn and sized yarn, for the unsized yarn when converted into sized yarn does not lose its character as yarn.
Rhymes
undersized, undisguised, unrevised, unsurprised
Definition of unsized in US English:
unsized
adjectiveˌənˈsaɪzdˌənˈsīzd
(of fabric, paper, or a wall) not treated with size.
See size
Example sentencesExamples
- This occurs more often on unsized papers, but can occur on sized papers as well, when pigment is used in excess.
- No distinction can be made between unsized yarn and sized yarn, for the unsized yarn when converted into sized yarn does not lose its character as yarn.
- Rice paper that has been left unsized has not been coated, so it is more absorbent.
- Dissolve the cobalt in the water and add the sugar, saturate unsized paper in the solution, and hang up to dry.
- A document handwritten with a special ink would be placed against a dampened, unsized sheet of paper and both would be squeezed in a copying press; the pressure transferred some of the document's ink onto the blank sheet.