unstopped
unstopped Lexical Profile
unstopped Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Not halted, prevented, or restrained in movement, progress, or flow.
"The rainwater flowed unstopped down the steep hillside after the drainage channel collapsed."
Having no stopper, plug, or obstruction closing an opening.
"Leaving the bottle of volatile solvent unstopped caused the liquid to evaporate overnight."
Produced without pressing a string against the fingerboard or closing a hole or key on a musical instrument, or having an open upper end on an organ pipe.
"The violinist tuned the four unstopped strings before beginning the concerto."
• verb
To remove a stopper, plug, or obstruction from (a container, pipe, or passage); past tense and past participle of unstop.
"The apothecary carefully unstopped the glass vial and poured a few drops into the flask."