Meaning of uncapped | Babel Free
Definitions
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Not capped (in various senses); not wearing or possessing a cap. not-comparable
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Of honey, not having been sealed by bees with a wax cover in the cell. not-comparable
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Not having made an appearance in an international sports match. not-comparable
Examples
“I struggling faintly, could not help feeling what I could not grasp, a column of the whitest ivory, beautifully streak'd with blue veins, and carrying, fully uncapt, a head of the liveliest vermillion”
Fanny Hill
“From rolling plain where crumbling Tiber flows, / To fixed Soracte still uncapped with snow.”
“"And I see over here you have buckets of honey you have gathered. It is uncapped, and liquid."”
“there seems nothing very unusual about an uncapped 20-year-old English midfielder being asked to step up in the Champions League last-16 against Real Madrid.”
“The jury is still out on their purchase of French defender Wesley Fofana, who cost £75m from Leicester in 2022 and has struggled with injury. He made his France debut in 2023 but remains, we think, the most expensive player to move clubs while uncapped.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.