unmeasured

«unmeasured» in Mova's school dictionary: not measured; nobody has found its size, amount or value — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (unmeasured)

meaning for a pupil

1) Unmeasured means not measured; nobody has found its size, amount or value. tree →

2) (literary) Unmeasured can mean without limit; too great to measure. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths and science: unmeasured lengths, angles or amounts that need a ruler, protractor or scale. In science experiments every important thing should be measured; unmeasured results give weak evidence. In poetry: «unmeasured love».

examples

• Label the unmeasured angle «x». tree →
• Two sides of the triangle are still unmeasured. tree →
• The rainfall that day went unmeasured. tree →
• The scientist knew unmeasured guesses were not evidence. tree →
• The cook added an unmeasured pinch of salt. tree →
• The poem spoke of unmeasured joy. tree →

note

Opposite: «measured». In maths problems, an unmeasured side or angle is the one you must find. «Measured» can also mean calm («a measured voice»), but «unmeasured» is rarely used that way.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «unmeasured» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.