unmade

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   of a bed, not having its sheets and blankets arranged neatly

   He fell asleep in his clothes on the unmade bed.

2. 2
   adj

   not yet made, built, prepared, or brought into existence

   The unmade road became muddy after a night of heavy rain.

Formed from un- + made. In the common bed sense, un- means "not" and describes bedding that has not been arranged; in other contexts the adjective can describe something not yet constructed or prepared. It is also formally the past participle of unmake when an act of making is reversed.

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