unrounded

[ uhn-roun-did ]

adjectivePhonetics.
  1. (of a vowel) pronounced without rounding the lips, as the vowel of bit.: Compare rounded (def. 2), spread (def. 40).

Origin of unrounded

1
First recorded in 1875–80; un-1 + rounded

Words Nearby unrounded

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How to use unrounded in a sentence

  • The whole house, with its wings, was constructed of the old-fashioned Dutch shingles—broad, and with unrounded corners.

British Dictionary definitions for unrounded

unrounded

/ (ʌnˈraʊndɪd) /


adjective
  1. phonetics articulated with the lips spread; not rounded

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