adjective
- not containing a hyphen; written as separate words or as one word without a hyphen
Usage: typography; grammar
Examples
- The compound word ‘basketball’ is unhyphenated.
- She prefers the unhyphenated form ’email’ over ‘e-mail’.
- The style guide requires unhyphenated compound nouns.
- Many modern dictionaries list ‘online’ as unhyphenated.
- The unhyphenated version looks cleaner in print.
- Some words have both hyphenated and unhyphenated forms.