Unventilated

Pronunciation: /ʌnˈvɛntəˌleɪtɪd/

Definitions of unventilated

adjective describing something that is not properly ventilated

Example Sentences

A1 The room was unventilated and stuffy.

A2 The unventilated basement had a musty smell.

B1 The unventilated attic was too hot in the summer.

B2 The unventilated conference room made it hard to focus during the meeting.

C1 The unventilated gym was unbearable to work out in.

C2 Living in an unventilated apartment can lead to health issues.

Examples of unventilated in a Sentence

formal The storage room was unventilated, causing the items inside to gather dust.

informal It's so stuffy in here, it feels like an unventilated sauna.

slang I can't stand being in this unventilated room, it's making me sweat buckets.

figurative His mind felt unventilated, as if ideas were trapped and unable to flow freely.

Grammatical Forms of unventilated

• past tense: unventilated
• plural: unventilated
• comparative: more unventilated
• superlative: most unventilated
• present tense: unventilate
• future tense: will unventilate
• perfect tense: have unventilated
• continuous tense: is unventilating
• singular: unventilated
• positive degree: unventilated
• infinitive: to unventilate
• gerund: unventilating
• participle: unventilating

Origin and Evolution of unventilated

First Known Use: 1601 year

Language of Origin: Latin

Story behind the word: The word 'unventilated' originates from the Latin word 'ventilare' meaning 'to fan or blow'.

Evolution of the word: Originally used to describe a lack of proper air circulation or ventilation, the word 'unventilated' has evolved to also connote a sense of being stifled or suffocated in a figurative sense.