"unslept" meaning in English

See unslept in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From un- + slept. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|slept}} un- + slept Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} unslept (not comparable)
  1. Not having been slept. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-unslept-en-adj-5oh2N8R6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 28 36 3 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 26 27 27 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 26 39 3
  2. Not having been slept (in, on, with, etc.); usually with a preposition. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-unslept-en-adj-W6NZfgQ1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 28 36 3 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 26 27 27 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 26 39 3
  3. Not having slept; sleep-deprived. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-unslept-en-adj-defYNLuO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 28 36 3 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 26 27 27 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 22 46 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 26 39 3

Verb

Etymology: From un- + slept. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|slept}} un- + slept Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} unslept
  1. simple past and past participle of unsleep Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: unsleep
    Sense id: en-unslept-en-verb-SMfSc1St Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 26 27 27 19
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          "ref": "1957, Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine:",
          "text": "The high-tension wires were lightning held forever, blazing, a threat above the unslept houses.",
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          "ref": "1972, Monica Dickens, World's End in Winter:",
          "text": "Tom's room was empty, the bed unslept in.",
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          "ref": "2008, Marie Hilton, Eye of the Soul:",
          "text": "For a whole lifetime With no guaranties And promises not kept How ever hard you try to please All the nights unslept",
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          "ref": "2009, H.L. Humes, The Underground City: A Novel, page 721:",
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          "ref": "2010, Aidan Chambers, The Toll Bridge:",
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          "ref": "2012, James Hamilton-Paterson, Rancid Pansies:",
          "text": "Hollow-eyed, unslept and unshaven, I was by no means my usual neatly groomed self when the following day Virgilio, my friend in the carabinieri, arranged for a helicopter to fly me over the scene.",
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          "ref": "2012, Ned Boulting, How I Won the Yellow Jumper: Dispatches from the Tour de France:",
          "text": "In recent years, Mathieu has risen to prominence in ASO. He is the unshaven, unslept, pastis-guzzling chain-smoking doyen of the press.",
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        },
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