Unsentenced
noun
1.
Grammar. a grammatical unit of one or more words that expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, exclamation, etc., and that typically has a subject as well as a predicate, as in John is here. or Is John here? In print or writing, a sentence typically begins with a capital letter and ends with appropriate punctuation; in speech it displays recognizable, communicative intonation patterns and is often marked by preceding and following pauses.
2.
Law.
an authoritative decision; a judicial judgment or decree, especially the judicial determination of the punishment to be inflicted on a convicted criminal:
Knowledgeable sources say that the judge will announce the sentence early next week.
the punishment itself; term:
a three-year sentence.
3.
Music. a complete idea, usually consisting of eight to sixteen measures; period (def 18).
See also phrase (def 4).
4.
Archaic. a saying, apothegm, or maxim.
5.
Obsolete. an opinion given on a particular question.
verb (used with object), sentenced, sentencing.
6.
to pronounce sentence upon; condemn to punishment:
The judge sentenced her to six months in jail.
noun
1.
a sequence of words capable of standing alone to make an assertion, ask a question, or give a command, usually consisting of a subject and a predicate containing a finite verb
2.
the judgment formally pronounced upon a person convicted in criminal proceedings, esp the decision as to what punishment is to be imposed
3.
an opinion, judgment, or decision
4.
(music) another word for period (sense 11)
5.
any short passage of scripture employed in liturgical use: the funeral sentences
6.
(logic) a well-formed expression, without variables
7.
(archaic) a proverb, maxim, or aphorism
verb
8.
(transitive) to pronounce sentence on (a convicted person) in a court of law: the judge sentenced the murderer to life imprisonment
Read Also:
- Unsentient
adjective 1. having the power of perception by the senses; conscious. 2. characterized by sensation and consciousness. noun 3. a person or thing that is sentient. 4. Archaic. the conscious mind. adjective 1. having the power of sense perception or sensation; conscious noun 2. (rare) a sentient person or thing sentient sen·tient (sěn’shənt, -shē-ənt) adj. […]
- Unsentimental
adjective 1. expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song. 2. pertaining to or dependent on sentiment: We kept the old photograph for purely sentimental reasons. 3. weakly emotional; mawkishly susceptible or tender: the sentimental Victorians. 4. characterized by or showing sentiment or […]
- Unseparable
adjective 1. capable of being separated, parted, or dissociated. 2. Mathematics. containing a countable dense subset. (of a differential equation) capable of being written so that coefficients of the differentials of the independent and dependent variables are, respectively, functions of these variables alone. Compare separation of variables. adjective 1. able to be separated, divided, or […]
- Unseparate
verb (used with object), separated, separating. 1. to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence. 2. to put, bring, or force apart; part: to separate two fighting boys. 3. to set apart; disconnect; dissociate: to separate church and state. 4. to remove or sever […]
- Unsepulchered
noun 1. a tomb, grave, or burial place. 2. Also called Easter sepulcher. Ecclesiastical. a cavity in a mensa for containing relics of martyrs. a structure or a recess in some old churches in which the Eucharist was deposited with due ceremonies on Good Friday and taken out at Easter in commemoration of Christ’s entombment […]