Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ungathered

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-gath-ered
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not gathered or picked.

adj

Not gathered together, as of printed sheets folded but not yet ordered for binding.

Example Sentences

"My researches have included extensive and varied fields of fact and of thought, even though very much in those fields has been left ungathered."
"The next device of Ismael was to call the Mussulmans of the interior into the fortresses, and when we protested against this as dangerous and utterly uncalled for, the pasha sent a counter order; but the bearers of it met the unfortunate Mussulmans by the way, having abandoned everything, thrown their silkworms to the fowls, and left their crops ungathered, and being ready to vent their hostility on the innocent Christian population, whom they made responsible for the disaster."

Etymology

From Middle English ungadered, equivalent to un- + gathered.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: ungadered

Synonyms

uncollected

Questions

What does ungathered mean?: Not gathered or picked.
Where does ungathered come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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