English Explanatory Dictionary

unfull

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not full or complete; incomplete, imperfect.

Pronunciation

ŭn-fo͝ol' /ʌnˈfʊl/ En-us-unfull.ogg /ʊnˈfʊl/ /ʌnˈfʉl/

Word forms

unfull unfuller unfullest

Etymology

From Middle English unfulle (“incomplete”), from un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + ful (“filled to capacity, full; complete, whole”) (from Old English ful, full (“filled, full; complete, entire”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)). The English word is analysable as un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + full.

Related words

unfully partially
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