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Etymology

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From un- +‎ decked.

Adjective

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undecked (not comparable)

  1. Having no deck.
    • 1824, William Stevenson, Robert Kerr's General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 18[1]:
      The vessels, which were fitted out entirely for coasting voyages, were large, undecked, the seams fastened with cords made of the cocoa fibres, and the timbers in the same manner.
  2. unadorned
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. [], London: [] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker []; [a]nd by Robert Boulter []; [a]nd Matthias Walker, [], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [], London: Basil Montagu Pickering [], 1873, →OCLC:
      undecked, save with herself, more lovely fair

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