English

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Etymology

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un- +‎ pursed

Verb

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unpursed

  1. simple past and past participle of unpurse

Adjective

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unpursed (not comparable)

  1. Not pursed.
    • 1975, George Daniel Spache, Good reading for the disadvantaged reader: multi-ethnic resources, page 14:
      Obviously, verbal praise or encouragement should not be given without appropriate inflection of the voice and related facial expressions, and yet how often we hear these encouraging cliches fall from unpursed lips in an expressionless face.