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# unsaturated

adjective (unsaturated)

«unsaturated» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (science) An unsaturated solution can still dissolve more of a substance, like water that can take more sugar or salt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsaturated/#m1)
2. (food, science) Unsaturated fats are fats found mostly in plants and fish, like olive oil, that are usually liquid at room temperature and are healthier than saturated fats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsaturated/#m2)
3. Unsaturated colours are pale or greyish, not strong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsaturated/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on dissolving: keep adding salt until no more dissolves; before that, the solution is unsaturated, after that it is saturated. In health and food labels: «saturated fat» and «unsaturated fat». In art: unsaturated colours are dull or pastel.

### Examples

- The salt water was unsaturated, so more salt dissolved. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsaturated/#x1)
- Keep stirring sugar in until the solution is no longer unsaturated. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsaturated/#x2)
- Olive oil is high in unsaturated fat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsaturated/#x3)
- Nuts and fish contain unsaturated fats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsaturated/#x4)
- Read the label to compare saturated and unsaturated fat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsaturated/#x5)
- The old photo had unsaturated, faded colours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsaturated/#x6)

### Note

Opposite: «saturated» (holding as much as it can). In food, both fats give energy; unsaturated fats are usually called healthier. Spelling: «sat-u-rat-ed».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unsaturated» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsaturated/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unsaturated» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unsaturated.html) on Mova free.