adj
Meaning 1
Lacking buttresses or supports
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- an unbuttressed porch
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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unbuttressed
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adj
Meaning 2
Not buttressed; having a trunk without a flared base
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, botany, business, forestry, natural-sciences
Examples
- an unbuttressed sapling
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English buttressed English unbuttressed From un- + buttressed.