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单词 unpuffed
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Definition of unpuffed in English:

unpuffed

adjective (ˌ)ʌnˈpʌft
  • 1Not puffed or puffed up; not inflated or swollen with pride, vanity, etc. Also (and in earliest use) in "unpuffed up".

  • 2Of a book, play, etc.: given little or no favourable or laudatory publicity; unadvertised, unpromoted. Chiefly in predicative use.

Origin

Late 16th century; earliest use found in Arthur Golding (d. 1606), translator. From un- + puffed.

Definition of unpuffed in US English:

unpuffed

adjective(ˌ)ʌnˈpʌft
  • 1Not puffed or puffed up; not inflated or swollen with pride, vanity, etc. Also (and in earliest use) in "unpuffed up".

  • 2Of a book, play, etc.: given little or no favourable or laudatory publicity; unadvertised, unpromoted. Chiefly in predicative use.

Origin

Late 16th century; earliest use found in Arthur Golding (d. 1606), translator. From un- + puffed.

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