unsweet

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unsweet

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From Middle English unswete, from Old English unswēte (“unsweet; bitter; sour”), from Proto-West Germanic *unswōtī, from Proto-Germanic *unswōtuz (“unsweet”), equivalent to un- + sweet. Cognate with West Frisian ûnswiet (“unsweet”), Dutch onzoet (“unsweet”), German Low German unsööt (“unsweet”), German unsüß (“unsweet”), Swedish osöt (“unsweet”), Icelandic ósætur (“unsweet”).

adjective more unsweet · most unsweet

Not sweet. That each, who seems a separate whole, ⁠Should move his rounds, and fusing all ⁠The skirts of self again, should fall Remerging in the general Soul, Is faith as vague as all unsweet: […]
Similar: unsweetened, nonsweet, unsugared

Opposite: sweet, sugared

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adjective

Opposite: sweet, sugared

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adj not sweet

Deutsch	unsüß

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"unsweet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/unsweet. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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unsweet. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/unsweet

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"unsweet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/unsweet.

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@misc{unsweet_2026,
  title = {unsweet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unsweet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}