Unowned
[ʌn'әund]
Definition
(a.) Not owned; having no owner.
(a.) Not acknowledged; not avowed.
Typed by Carla
Definition
adj. not avowed or acknowledged as one's own property or one's own work.
adj. not owned without an owner.
Typist: Ora
Examples
- All the unowned dogs who stray into the Inns of Court and pant about staircases and other dry places seeking water give short howls of aggravation. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There he lay, unowned, unknown, exposed to the flippant curiosity of a French mob! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Among the slain was a cow, and among the scattered articles unowned, a widow's cap. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
Typist: Ora