unstopped
Britishadjective
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not obstructed or stopped up
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phonetics denoting a speech sound for whose articulation the closure is not complete, as in the pronunciation of a vowel, fricative, or continuant
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prosody (of verse) having the sense of the line carried over into the next
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(of an organ pipe or a string on a musical instrument) not stopped
Example Sentences
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The infernal machine will continue largely unstopped because there is a huge market for its poison.
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2023
Gaterud, on her farm deep in the mountains of Humboldt County, said she feels betrayed by California and angry that she suffers while those flouting the law go unstopped.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 3, 2022
If the abnormal cells continue to divide unstopped, they can damage the tissues around them, spread to other parts of the body, and eventually result in death.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
One Hobbs, a reprobate solicitor, received the unstopped cheque and deposited it in the name of Robinson in a London Branch of the Midland Bank.
From Time Magazine Archive
"We must get back of the furnace," Polder continued, indicating a narrow opening between brick walls through the unstopped chinks of which seethed the scorifying blaze.
From The Three Black Pennys A Novel by Hergesheimer, Joseph
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