adjective
- not made round or circular in shape
- produced without rounding the lips
Usage: phonetics
Examples
- The carpenter left the table corners unrounded for a modern look.
- The metal edges remained unrounded after cutting.
- In phonetics, the vowel sound in ‘bit’ is unrounded.
- English has both rounded and unrounded vowels.
- The unrounded vowel requires spreading the lips.
- Most front vowels in English are unrounded.
- The stone’s unrounded surface felt rough to the touch.