unbegun
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English unbegunne, unbegunnon, unbigonne, unbigunnen, unbigunnon, unnbigunnenn, from Old English unbegunnen; equivalent to un- + begun.
Adjective[edit]
unbegun (not comparable)
- 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.
- Which has not yet been begun; unstarted.
Synonyms[edit]
- (that had no beginning): See also Thesaurus:beginningless
- (which has not yet been begun): uncommenced, unstarted