Meaning & use
unsharpened
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Not having been made sharp; still blunt, especially of a pencil or blade.
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The box of new pencils arrived completely unsharpened.
He accidentally grabbed an unsharpened knife and struggled to cut the bread.
A note on using this word
A straightforward negative formation from 'sharpened,' most often used with pencils and blades.
Words with a similar meaning
bluntdull
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Words with an opposite meaning
sharpened
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