unbuoyed

English

Etymology

un- +‎ buoyed

Adjective

unbuoyed (not comparable)

1. Not buoyed (up); not kept afloat or aloft.
   • 1883, Robert Browning, “Solomon and Balkis”, in Jocoseria‎^[1], Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page 31:

     Above may the Soul spread wing, spurn body and sense beneath her;
     Below she must condescend to plodding unbuoyed by æther.

2. Not buoyed; not marked by a buoy or buoys.
   • 1926, Neville Shute, chapter 4, in Marazan‎^[2], London: Cassell:

     Between the two islands there is an anchorage that is entered from the northeast, unbuoyed, but not difficult to get into.