unsaturated

Adjective

Meaning

Capable of absorbing or dissolving to a greater degree; as, an unsaturated solution.

Capable of taking up, or of uniting with, certain other elements or compounds, without the elimination of any side product; thus, aldehyde, ethylene, and ammonia are unsaturated.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

heavy saturated dull saturation lifting unquenchable diluted aeration insatiable pumped trans polyunsaturated monounsaturated saturator unsaturation
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Antonyms

saturated vestal pure intense concentrated WET
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Phrases with the word

cis-unsaturated ethylenically-unsaturated beta-unsaturated doubly unsaturated trans-unsaturated fatty acids poly-unsaturated fatty acid

Examples

an unsaturated red Source: Internet

unsaturated fats Source: Internet

an unsaturated salt solution Source: Internet

As a strong oxidant, it cross-links lipids mainly by reacting with unsaturated carbon–carbon bonds and thereby both fixes biological membranes in place in tissue samples and simultaneously stains them. Source: Internet

Beyond the classical Lewis bases and anions, all unsaturated molecules are also ligands, utilizing their pi electrons in forming the coordinate bond. Source: Internet

Exceptions to this rule are the unsaturated ketones such as methyl vinyl ketone with LD 50 of 7 mg/kg (oral). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

unsatisfyingness unsaturable unsaturate unsaturated fat unsaturated fats unsaturated fatty acid