Definitions

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  • adjective Not having been widened.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ widened

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Examples

  • These drifts are then widened into panels, leaving a stretch of unwidened drift between the main gallery and the panel for support reasons.

    Chapter 8 1993

  • Ancestors of the old family from whom Arthur Sloane had purchased this colonial mansion eight years ago still looked out of their gilded frames on the parlour walls, their high-bred calm undisturbed, their aristocratic eyes unwidened, by the chatter and clatter of the strangers within their gates.

    No Clue A Mystery Story James Hay 1908

  • By 2014, two-thirds of the world's container capacity will be carried by ships bigger than the unwidened canal could handle.

    Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis George F. Will 2012

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