Unpregnant

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. The condition of not being in a state of pregnancy indicates the lack of a developing fetus within a woman's body
2. This term signifies that an individual capable of pregnancy is currently not gestating any offspring
3. This expression refers to an individual, typically female, who is not currently expecting a child or carrying a fetus

Etymology: "Unpregnant" is a straightforward formation: the prefix "un-", meaning "not," attached to "pregnant." That the prefix is productive in English is what makes this word possible at all, since "un-" can be fastened onto many adjectives to reverse their sense, from "unhappy" to "unkind." "Pregnant" itself comes from Latin "praegnans," a compound of "prae" ("before") and a root linked to "gnasci," meaning "to be born," so the original sense pointed to something already in the process of coming into being. Its use for a woman carrying a child is the older sense, and the word's wider figurative senses, such as "pregnant with meaning," grew out of that picture of something full and about to produce.

Synonyms: non-pregnant

Antonyms: pregnant