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Definition of unshorn

unshorn

/ʌnˈʃɔːrn/
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• adjective

1

Not having had the hair or wool sheared or cut off; uncut or untrimmed.

Example

"The stray sheep wandered down from the hills, weighted down by its thick, unshorn fleece."

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• Rhymes for unshorn

• Nearby Words

unshielded
unshipped
unshockable
unshorn
unshoveled
unshowered
unshown

Word Origin & Etymology

From Old English unscoren, formed from the prefix un- ('not') and scoren, the past participle of sceran ('to shear, cut').

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Unshorn. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/unshorn
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