Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Not met.
Not encountered; unencountered.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, not-comparable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Not met.
Not achieved; unfulfilled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, not-comparable
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Synonyms: unachieved
Antonyms: none provided
verb
simple past and past participle of unmeet
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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 met English unmet From un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + met (the past participle of meet (“to come face to face with, encounter; to comply with, satisfy”)); probably related to Old English ungemet (“unmet”) (chiefly used as part of a compound)—the word is not attested in Middle English. Ġemet in ungemet is possibly a past participle form of ġemētan (“to come upon, encounter, meet; to discover, find”).
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