unnarrow

unnarrow

English

Etymology

un- +‎ narrow

Adjective

unnarrow (comparative more unnarrow, superlative most unnarrow)

1. (rare) Not narrow.
   • 2001, Thomas W. Currie, Searching for Truth: Confessing Christ in an Uncertain World (page 27)

     It is modest and unassuming and it celebrates the unnarrow life of a community dedicated to the quest for understanding.

   • 2007, John Ringo, ‎Travis S. Taylor, Vorpal Blade

     The narrow tunnel had blossomed out into some seriously unnarrow tunnels.

Verb

unnarrow (third-person singular simple present unnarrows, present participle unnarrowing, simple past and past participle unnarrowed)

1. (rare, transitive) To make less narrow; to broaden or expand.
   • 2006, Mary H. Jacobsen, Blood Sisters (page 32)

     And if you could see how happy I am you would unnarrow your eyes and be happy for me.

   • 2013, Lisa Samson, The Sky Beneath My Feet (page 66)

     That chafes a bit, his assumption that my horizons need unnarrowing.