English

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Etymology

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un- +‎ tight

Adjective

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untight (comparative more untight, superlative most untight)

  1. Not tight or narrow; allowing something to pass or escape through it.
    • 1818, The London Medical, Surgical, and Pharmaceutical Repository, page 73:
      The seams and joints of the machine giving way, and the heat of the smoke making the doors, before well closed, untight, []