Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not felt; not making its presence or action known; not perceived.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Not felt; without feeling.
  • adjective Insincere.

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Examples

  • They are unfelt, that is the explanation -- unfelt æsthetically.

    Since Cézanne Clive Bell 1922

  • Galbraith called the undiscovered and therefore unfelt loss “the bezzle.”

    Buying the Bezzle « Gerry Canavan 2009

  • It makes me sick to think that people could wrap themselves in the flag and then wallow as happy as pigs in the mud with their money and unfelt shame.

    Think Progress » Florida doctor tells Obama voters they are not welcome: ‘Seek urologic care elsewhere.’ 2010

  • Dr. Guinan dreams that the contest will produce creative solutions, like one that kept her awake on Monday night: an iPhone app with a wireless connection to heat and pressure sensors in shoes that compensate for the loss of sensation in diabetics 'feet, causing patients develop unfelt sores that lead to amputation.

    Wired Top Stories 2010

  • The familiar had completely disappeared, unseen and unfelt.

    Silver Zombie Carole Nelson Douglas 2010

  •  It fell through countless stages of heavenly goings-on, and was unseen; it lingered on the brows and fingertips of a thousand angels, and was unfelt; it drifted over jeweled cities and rivers of liquid light and meadows thick with glowing blossoms, and was unnoticed.

    The Feather Phil Van Treuren 2010

  • The movers and shakers here are feeling McCain's sharp tactics while the potential dead-on correct Obama strategy remains a cloud of unfelt intellectual property.

    Surprisingly Downbeat Democrats… - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

  • Dr. Guinan dreams that the contest will produce creative solutions, like one that kept her awake on Monday night: an iPhone app with a wireless connection to heat and pressure sensors in shoes that compensate for the loss of sensation in diabetics 'feet, causing patients develop unfelt sores that lead to amputation.

    Wired Top Stories 2010

  • Releasing resentments and fear—or any stuck emotions including unfelt grief—can clear the way for you to create a life you love.

    Make Miracles in Forty Days Melody Beattie 2010

  • To feel this kind of happiness, we need to release old unfelt emotions, and feel whatever we feel.

    Make Miracles in Forty Days Melody Beattie 2010

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