Unsketched

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Not yet having been drawn in rough outline, such as a plan, figure or picture that has not been roughly drawn
2. Describing something that has never been put down in a quick preliminary drawing or outline on paper
3. Left without a rough drawing or preliminary outline, so that the design or figure remains entirely unrecorded in lines

Etymology: "Unsketched" is a plain compound: the prefix "un-", meaning "not", attached to "sketched," the past participle of "sketch." The adjective therefore describes something that has not yet been roughed out in a preliminary drawing, or a subject left without its outline. The base word "sketch" carries the more interesting history. It comes from the Dutch "schets," itself borrowed from Italian "schizzo," which meant a splash or a quick spurt, so a sketch was once imagined as a rapid, splashed-on stroke rather than a careful study. The "un-" prefix is one of the most productive in English, and it can be attached freely to past participles to mean the absence of the action, as in "unpainted," "unwritten," or "unfinished."

Synonyms: undrawn, unpainted

Antonyms: sketched, drawn