unset

English

Etymology

un- +‎ set

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈsɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Adjective

unset (not comparable)

1. Not set; not fixed or appointed.
2. Not mounted or placed in a setting.
3. Not set (broken bone)
4. Not planted.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 16”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:

     And many maiden gardens, yet unset
     With virtuous wish would bear your living flowers

5. uncongealed, unconsolidated (concrete, cement)

Verb

unset (third-person singular simple present unsets, present participle unsetting, simple past and past participle unset)

1. (transitive) To make not set.

   Synonym: clear

   to unset a single bit in a binary pattern

Derived terms

• unset the table

Anagrams

• Nutes, suent, tunes

Swedish

Noun

unset

1. definite singular of uns

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɨ̞nsɛt/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɪnsɛt/

Verb

unset

1. Alternative form of unet