unpointed

unpointed

English

Etymology

un- +‎ pointed

Adjective

unpointed (not comparable)

1. Not pointed (formed into a point).
   • 2007 October 4, Roslyn Sulcas, “For $10, a Smorgasbord of the Popular and Daring”, in New York Times‎:

     Ms. Marin uses a deliberately slack, unballetic form; limbs are relaxed rather than stretched and feet are unpointed.

2. Not pointed (finished by filling with cement or mortar).
   • 2007, Russell Versaci, Creating a New Old House: Yesterday's Character for Today's Home

     The masons laid the brick walls unevenly, leaving unpointed mortar between bricks for a rough-cast texture.

3. (typography) Not marked with a point.

   an unpointed vowel