unextended

C2 Topic:Abstract Ideas
US /ˌʌnɪkˈstɛndɪd/ UK /ˌʌnɪkˈstendɪd/
adj Freq #761023

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    lacking spatial extension; not occupying measurable space

    The argument asks whether an unextended perception can exist in an extended substance.

  2. 2
    adj

    not stretched, lengthened, prolonged, or enlarged

    The unextended deadline remained Friday afternoon.

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Synonyms
1 adj · lacking spatial extension;... nonspatialdimensionless
2 adj · not stretched, lengthened,... unchangedunlengthened
Opposites
Word family
Related forms extendextension

Etymology

Formed from un- + extended. The philosophical sense negates Latin-derived extension as occupancy of spatial dimensions, not merely the everyday act of lengthening.

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