What does unbacked mean?
Unbacked means (not comparable) Having no back..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(not comparable) Having no back..
an unbacked bench
The warlike Wench amongst the Greekes doth stand Vnbackt by Troy, left of her Damsels all, The battery of a thousand swords she bides, Till her yron plates are hew’d off from her sides.
The simple statement, unbacked by any proof but the weight of Ralph’s new authority, brought light and happiness.
This was an intellectual decision, unbacked by moral energy.
an unbacked racehorse
a largely unbacked fundraising project
1823, Mary Shelley, Valperga, London: G. and W.B. Whittaker, Volume 2, Chapter 10, p. 237, […] having visited his charger which was to be led unbacked to the field, he mounted a black palfrey;
[…] like unback’d colts, they prick’d their ears, Advanced their eyelids, lifted up their noses As they smelt music:
Use unbacked when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Unbacked means (not comparable) Having no back..
Common synonyms include unsupported, unbroken, single-handed, unassisted.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
an unbacked bench
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