Unvaporized

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Not converted into a gas or mist, remaining in its original liquid or solid state
2. Describing a substance that has not been changed into vapor by heating or evaporation
3. Remaining in liquid or solid form rather than having been transformed into a vapor

Etymology: "Unvaporized" is simply the negated form of "vaporized," built by attaching the prefix "un-" to the existing word. The prefix means "not" and has been used in English since Old English to reverse or negate adjectives and participles, so "unvaporized" describes something that has not been turned into vapor or gas. "Vaporized" itself comes from "vaporize," which is formed on the Latin "vapor," meaning steam or breath, with the verb-forming ending added to it. The whole word is therefore a plain combination of a native English prefix with a Latinate stem, a pattern that English speakers use freely whenever they need the opposite of a process.

Antonyms: vaporized, evaporated