unset

adj, verb — 6 senses

unset

adj

/ʌnˈsɛt/

Etymology From un- + set.

1

Not set; not fixed or appointed.

2

Not mounted or placed in a setting.

3

Not set.

  • an unset broken bone
4

Not planted.

  • And many maiden gardens, yet unset With virtuous wish would bear your living flowers1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 16”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
5

uncongealed, unconsolidated

  • unset concrete; unset cement

unset

verb

Etymology From un- + set.

1

To make not set.

  • to unset a single bit in a binary pattern
Derived terms
unset the table

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