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Definition: Unturned |
UnturnedAdjective1. Not turned; "left no stone unturned". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unturned" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Note: Unturned \Un*turned"\, adjective. [Prefix un- turned.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Antonym: turned (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Exertion | Take pains; do one's best, do one's level best, do one's utmost; give one hundred percent, do the best one can, do all one can, do all in one's power, do as much as in one lies, do what lies in one's power; use one's best endeavor, use one's utmost endeavor; try one's best, try one's utmost; play one's best card; put one's best leg foremost, put one's right leg foremost; have one's whole soul in his work, put all one's strength into, strain every nerve; spare no efforts, spare no pains; go all lengths; go through fire and water; (resolution); move heaven and earth, leave no stone unturned. |
Inquiry | Look into every hole and corner, peer into every hole and corner, pry into every hole and corner; nose; trace up; search out, hunt down, hunt out, fish out, ferret out; unearth; leave no stone unturned. |
Straightness | Adjective: straight; rectilinear, rectilineal; direct, even, right, true, in a line; unbent, virgate; Verb: undeviating, unturned, undistorted, unswerving; straight as an arrow; (direct); inflexible. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Unturned |
| English words defined with "unturned": leave no stone unturned. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | I have left no stone unturned, for peace -- Kaiser to Krupp workmen. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Leaving no stone unturned. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Unturned" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unturned" is used about 32 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 32 | 61,292 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "unturned": leave no stone unturned ♦ To leave no stone unturned. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "unturned": unturned-out. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "unturned"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i pakthyer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | غير محول. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | neotoèený. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | nicht gedreht. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | meg nem forgatott. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 手段'尽くす (to leave no stone unturned, to try everything). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しゅ "'つくす (to leave no stone unturned, to try everything). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | urneduntay não voltado, não vidrado, não trabalhado ao torno. (various references) неперевернутый. (various references) neprevrnut, neokrenut. (various references) no cesado. (various references) çevrilmemiş. (various references) розстро"ний (out of tune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Unturned" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: unpurged, untrendy, untuned. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unturned" (pronounced unter"nd) |
| 4 | -t er" n d | returned, turned. |
| 3 | -er" n d | adjourned, burned, churned, concerned, discerned, earned, learned, spurned, unburned, unconcerned, unearned, yearned. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-n-n-r-t-u-u" | |
-1 letter: untuned. | |
-2 letters: dunner, tunned, turned, unrent, untrue, untune. | |
-3 letters: nuder, trend, trued, tuned, tuner, under, undue. | |
-4 letters: dent, duet, dune, dunt, dure, durn, nerd, nude, nurd, rend, rent, rude, rued, rune, runt, tend, tern, true, tune, turd, turn, unde. | |
-5 letters: den, due, dun, end, ern, net, nun, nut, red, ret, rue, run, rut, ted, ten. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-n-n-r-t-u-u" | |
+1 letter: untenured. | |
+2 letters: undercount. | |
+3 letters: uncurtained, undercounts. | |
+4 letters: undercounted, undercurrent, undercutting, unfrequented, uninstructed. | |
+5 letters: nonstructured, outrebounding, superabundant, superannuated, unadventurous, unconstructed, undercounting, undercurrents, understudying, uninterrupted. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 74 75 72 6E 65 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. - ..- .-. -. . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01110100 01110101 01110010 01101110 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n t u r n e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0074 0075 0072 006E 0065 0064 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5580868784807170 |
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