Meaning & use
ununited
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Not joined or fused together, especially describing a broken bone that has failed to heal.
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An ununited fracture may eventually require surgical intervention to heal properly.
The two halves of the shattered vase remained stubbornly ununited despite the glue.
A note on using this word
Most commonly encountered in medicine, where an 'ununited fracture' refers to a break that has not knitted back together.
Words with a similar meaning
unjoinedunfused
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Words with an opposite meaning
unitedjoined
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