adjective ʌnˈwaʊndˌənˈwaʊnd
(of a clock or watch) not wound or wound up.
Example sentencesExamples
- I can think of no better reason not to give up, not to run down like an unwound clock.
- It may also happen when the unwound clock stops: sometimes the strike gear train cannot remain synchronized with the time marked by the hands.
- I don't know why I was saying ‘tick’ though - I can't stand things that tick, so all the mechanical clocks have been banished to an unwound exile.
- In recent decades, though, especially sine the end of Soviet tyranny, the safe-haven idea has lost cogency like an unwound watch running down.
ʌnˈwaʊndˌənˈwaʊnd
past and past participle of unwind
adjectiveˌənˈwoundˌənˈwaʊnd
(of a clock or watch) not wound or wound up.
Example sentencesExamples
- I don't know why I was saying ‘tick’ though - I can't stand things that tick, so all the mechanical clocks have been banished to an unwound exile.
- In recent decades, though, especially sine the end of Soviet tyranny, the safe-haven idea has lost cogency like an unwound watch running down.
- I can think of no better reason not to give up, not to run down like an unwound clock.
- It may also happen when the unwound clock stops: sometimes the strike gear train cannot remain synchronized with the time marked by the hands.
ˌənˈwoundˌənˈwaʊnd
past and past participle of unwind