ppl. a. [UN-1 8.]
1. Unuttered, unspoken.
[1586. in Bk. Univ. Kirk Scotl. (1839), 298. We hold the said proces and sentence as unled, undecydit or pronuncit.]
1611. Cotgr., s.v. Cet, Those [words] which begin with H vnpronounced.
1628. Milton, Vac. Exerc., 4. Hail native Language, that madst imperfect words with childish tripps, Half unpronounct, slide through my infant-lipps.
1796. Mme. DArblay, Camilla, V. 35. He wanted her to seize his meaning unpronounced.
2. Not prominent or distinct.
1863. Dana, Man. Geol., 748. Although the grand systems in Zoology are unpronounced, there are still faint indications of them generally observable.