unstratified

American  

[uhn-strat-uh-fahyd] / ʌnˈstræt əˌfaɪd /

adjective

1. not stratified; not arranged in strata or layers.

   unstratified rocks.

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unstratified British  

/ ʌnˈstrætɪˌfaɪd /

adjective

1. (esp of igneous rocks and rock formations) not occurring in distinct layers or strata; not stratified

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Etymology

Origin of unstratified

First recorded in 1765–75; un- ¹ + stratify ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Sometimes, however, it is a soft clay, at others it is mixed with sand, but whatever the composition of the underclays may be, they always agree in being unstratified.

From The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes by Martin, Edward A.

The drift as a whole is therefore partly stratified and partly unstratified.

From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Atwood, Wallace W.

These rocks are found lying one above another in regular order; beneath them are the unstratified rocks, which seem to form the basis or foundations upon which the others have been deposited.

From A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. by Anonymous

They lie confusedly bedded in a red unstratified marl, and some of them can be traced to the Welsh hills from twenty to fifty miles distant.

From Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras by Wallace, Alfred Russel

They present in addition other structures which have been superinduced upon them, and which they share with the unstratified or igneous rocks.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various