unoared

English

Etymology

un- +‎ oared

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʌnˈɔː(ɹ)d/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
  • Homophone: unawed (non-rhotic accents)

Adjective

unoared (not comparable)

  1. Not supplied with oars; oarless.
    • 1838, John Kenyon, Poems, for the most part occasional:
      Like one who drifts in idle boat / Unoared, and heedless whither bound […]
  2. Unvisited by boats.
    • 1908, Alfred Noyes, The Golden Hynde:
      When the mists divide with the dawn o'er those glittering waters, / Do they gaze over unoared seas […]

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