unsapped

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ sapped

Adjective[edit]

unsapped (comparative more unsapped, superlative most unsapped)

  1. Not sapped.
    • 1895, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Green Flag[1]:
      His cheeks were wrinkled like a last year's apple, but his sweep of shoulder, and bony, corded hands, told of a strength which was unsapped by age.
    • 1922, I. A. R. Wylie, The Dark House[2]:
      He felt her unsapped joyous living like a blow on his own aching weariness.