unbegun

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English unbegunne, unbegunnon, unbigonne, unbigunnen, unbigunnon, unnbigunnenn, from Old English unbegunnen; equivalent to un- +‎ begun.

Adjective

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unbegun (not comparable)

  1. That had no beginning; always existent.
    • 1851, Herman Melville, “The Candles”, in Moby-Dick:
      Thou knowest not how came ye, hence callest thyself unbegotten; certainly knowest not thy beginning, hence callest thyself unbegun.
  2. Which has not yet been begun; unstarted.

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