ungrasped

English

Etymology 1

un- +‎ grasped

Adjective

ungrasped (not comparable)

  1. Not grasped.
    • 1851, Sam G. Goodrich, Poems‎:
      And if perchance some fleeting memories steal, Like far-off echoes to my dreaming ear, Away, ungrasped, the cheating visions wheel, As spectres start upon the wing of fear.
    • 1910, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, Shining Ferry‎:
      All his life he had been hurrying desperately, and all his life the true moments had offered themselves and been left ungrasped.

Etymology 2

ungrasp +‎ -ed

Verb

ungrasped

  1. simple past and past participle of ungrasp
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