unwhole

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unwhole

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From Middle English unhole, unhol, unhal, from Old English unhāl (“unwhole; unhealthy; sick; infirm”), from Proto-Germanic *unhailaz (“not whole; unhealthy”), equivalent to un- + whole. Cognate with Old High German unheil, Old Norse úheill, Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (unhails).

adjective

not comparable Not whole.
Similar: incomplete, partial

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

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

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@misc{unwhole_2026,
  title = {unwhole},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unwhole},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}