UNSTRAINED

unforced, unstrained

(adjective) not resulting from undue effort; not forced; “a voice with a pleasingly unforced quality”; “his playing is facile and unstrained”

unstrained

(adjective) not placed under psychological stress; “the campaign would not leave party loyalties unstrained”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

unstrained (comparative more unstrained, superlative most unstrained)

Not strained or tense.

(not comparable) Not having been forced through a strainer.

unstrained milk

Source: Wiktionary


Un*strained", a. Etym: [Pref. un- not + strain.]

1. Not strained; not cleared or purified by straining; as, unstrained oil or milk.

2. Not forced; easy; natural; as, a unstrained deduction or inference. Hakewill.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

17 September 2024

SPOT

(noun) a small contrasting part of something; “a bald spot”; “a leopard’s spots”; “a patch of clouds”; “patches of thin ice”; “a fleck of red”


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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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