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English
Etymology
From un- + buoyed.
Adjective
unbuoyed (not comparable)
- Not buoyed (up); not kept afloat or aloft.
1883, Robert Browning, “Solomon and Balkis”, in Jocoseria, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page 31:Above may the Soul spread wing, spurn body and sense beneath her;
Below she must condescend to plodding unbuoyed by æther.
- Not buoyed; not marked by a buoy or buoys.
1926, Neville Shute, chapter 4, in Marazan, London: Cassell:Between the two islands there is an anchorage that is entered from the northeast, unbuoyed, but not difficult to get into.