Thesaurus: unsaturated

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1. a. Capable of absorbing or dissolving to a greater degree; as, an unsaturated solution.
2. a. 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.
3. adj. not saturated; capable of dissolving more of a substance at a given temperature
4. adj. used of a compound (especially of carbon) containing atoms sharing more than one valence bond
5. adj. (of color) not chromatically pure; diluted
6. 1. Capable of absorbing or dissolving to a greater degree; as, an unsaturated solution. 2. (Chem.) 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.
7. Capable of taking up, or of uniting with, certain otherelements or compounds, without the elimination of any side product;thus, aldehyde, ethylene, and ammonia are unsaturated.
8. j:100 a. not saturated; capable of dissolving more of a substance at a given temperature a. used of a compound (especially of carbon) containing atoms sharing more than one valence bond a. (of color) not chromatically pure; diluted