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English
Etymology
From un- + gut.
Verb
ungut (third-person singular simple present unguts, present participle ungutting, simple past and past participle ungutted)
- (rare, now nonstandard) To gut, to remove the guts of.
- 1713, Spaccio della Bestia Trionfante, or the Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast (translated from the Iralian of Giordano Bruno into English by WIlliam Morehead) The Third Dialogue, page 261:
- et it be a great Honour for one to be a Butcher, by killing, flaying, ungutting, and quartering a wild Beast.
1958, Tri-quarterly, volumes 1-3, page 42:We killed two rattlesnakes, ungutted them
And ate them, sliced up, fried like chicken.
German
Etymology
From Middle High German and Old High German unguot. By surface analysis, un- + gut. Compare English ungood, obsolete Dutch ongoed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʊŋ.ɡuːt/
- Hyphenation: un‧gut
Adjective
ungut (strong nominative masculine singular unguter, not comparable)
- not good, bad, unpleasant, uneasy
- Sie hatte ein ungutes Gefühl. ― She had a bad feeling.
- Immer, wenn sie anwesend war, enstand eine ungute Atmosphäre. ― Whenever she was present, there was an uneasy atmosphere.
1910, Karl May, Mein Leben und Streben:Meine Mutter war eine Märtyrerin, eine Heilige, immer still, unendlich fleißig, trotz unserer eigenen Armut stets opferbereit für andere, vielleicht noch ärmere Leute. Nie, niemals habe ich ein ungutes Wort aus ihrem Mund gehört.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2022 December 12, Michael Moorstedt, “Foto-App Lensa: Wenn künstliche Intelligenz zu lüstern wird”, in Süddeutsche Zeitung:Die KI in der Fotobearbeitungs-App Lensa macht jeden zum sexualisierten Comic-Helden, und die Nutzer lieben es. Warum das ungute Folgen hat.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Positive forms of ungut (uncomparable)
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