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unsifted

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Not having been sifted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • If you bake with unsifted flour you don't know how much you are using because it might be packed down or very fluffy.

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Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Inexperienced; untried, unscrutinized.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, figuratively, not-comparable

Examples

  • 1765, George Colman, The Comedies of Terence, Translated into Familiar Blank Verse, London: T. Becket & P. A. De Hondt, 2nd edition, 1768, Volume I, Preface, p. xxxii, But each man’s understanding, such as it is, must be his guide; and he, who has not courage to make a free use of it, but obtrudes the opinions of others, unsifted and unexamined, on his readers, betrays more want of respect for their understanding, than diffidence of his own.

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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 sifted English unsifted From un- + sifted.