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meant

[ ment ]

/ mɛnt /

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verb

simple past tense and past participle of mean¹.

OTHER WORDS FROM meant

half-meant, adjective un·meant, adjective

Words nearby meant

means grass, means of production, means test, means-test, meanspirited, meant, meantime, meantone system, meanwhile, meany, mear

Example sentences from the Web for unmeant

Gus had not too much sensitiveness in his character, but this unmeant insult stung him.

Acton's Feud |Frederick Swainson
They become abetters of this family's sins, apologists for its crimes, magnifiers of its unmeant well-doing.

In New England Fields and Woods |Rowland E. Robinson
"She is insensible," was the reply—a reply of unmeant cruelty.

Overland |John William De Forest
There was another day of strife, another fight to be waged, one that could not be unmeant or unconscious.

Second String |Anthony Hope

There came a climax when she tried to jump out of a window, and he had to save her by some perfunctary, unmeant wooing.

The Voice of the City |O. Henry

British Dictionary definitions for unmeant (1 of 2)

unmeant

/ (ʌnˈmɛnt) /

adjective

unintentional; accidental

British Dictionary definitions for unmeant (2 of 2)

meant

/ (mɛnt) /

verb

the past tense and past participle of mean 1