unperpetuated

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US /ˌʌnpərˈpɛtʃuˌeɪtɪd/ UK /ˌʌnpəˈpɛtʃueɪtɪd/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    not continued or kept in existence

    The custom died out, unperpetuated by the younger generation.

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Synonyms
1 adj · not continued or kept in... discontinuedendedstoppedunsustained
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Etymology

From un- ('not') + perpetuated, from perpetuate, from Latin perpetuatus, past participle of perpetuare ('to make perpetual'), from perpetuus ('continuous').

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