Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having no band, especially in the sense of being stripped of a band, or lacking one where one is needed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Wanting a band or string; unfastened.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Lacking a
band orstring ; notfastened .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not identified with a band
Etymologies
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Examples
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She pointed to a 14-year study she did that showed that male Magellenic penguins with two bands survived the same as unbanded penguins, but that study did show that double-banded females had a lower survival rate.
Are Penguin Tracking Bands Actually Harming The Birds? AP 2011
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Nice asian tramp snail: One of four color morphs: unbanded brown...
Snail blogging from Florida AYDIN 2008
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"Your hose ... ungartered, your bonnet unbanded, your sleeve unbuttoned, your shoe untied, and everything about you demonstrating a careless desolation."
the wrong family was put down yendi 2006
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She shuffles the now unbanded cards until she comes to the one she wants, chocolate chess pie.
Sufficient Grace Darnell Arnoult 2006
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She shuffles the now unbanded cards until she comes to the one she wants, chocolate chess pie.
Sufficient Grace Darnell Arnoult 2006
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The jambs contain five shafts on each side, which differ from that in the centre, in that they are of Purbeck marble, and banded, in pleasing contrast to the plain stone of their own bases and capitals, and of the (unbanded) central shaft.
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Then, your hose should be ungartered, your bonnet unbanded, your sleeve unbuttoned, your shoe untied, and everything about you demonstrating a careless desolation.
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Everybody crowded forward, the Squire among them, as with a simple touch, known only to the initiated, the keyless casket was unbanded and opened to the sight of all.
The Brass Bound Box Evelyn Raymond 1876
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Two are unbanded males, and one of these males escapes.
NYT > Home Page By JENNIFER GEE 2012
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She pointed to a 14-year study she did that showed that male Magellenic penguins with two bands survived the same as unbanded penguins, but that study did show that double-banded females had a lower survival rate.
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