UNDIVIDED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does undivided mean? 

• UNDIVIDED (adjective)
  The adjective UNDIVIDED has 4 senses:

1. not parted by conflict of opinion

2. not shared by or among others

3. not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective

4. not separated into parts or shares; constituting an undivided unit

  Familiarity information: UNDIVIDED used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNDIVIDED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not parted by conflict of opinion

Context example:

presented an undivided front

Similar:

united (characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Not shared by or among others

Context example:

undivided responsibility

Similar:

unshared (not shared)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective

Synonyms:

exclusive; single; undivided

Context example:

gained their exclusive attention

Similar:

concentrated (gathered together or made less diffuse)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Not separated into parts or shares; constituting an undivided unit

Context example:

a full share

Similar:

whole (including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete)

 Context examples 

"I'll meet you outside, after the last act," Martin whispered, the while his face showed undivided interest in the buck-and-wing dancing on the stage.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A single undivided thing (unit) based on or subject to individual judgment or preference, and not by necessity, reason, or principle.

(Arbitrary Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

I will suffer no competitor near the throne; I shall exact an undivided homage: his devotions shall not be shared between me and the shape he sees in his mirror.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I waited for a few moments, until he could give me his undivided attention; and then proceeded to explain the precaution, that, it had occurred to me last night, it would be wise to take.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

With such news to communicate, and such a visit to prepare for, her departure was not to be delayed by anything in his nature to urge; and she hurried away, leaving him to the undivided consciousness of his own happy address, and her explicit encouragement.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

In hastily forming and giving his opinion of other people, in sacrificing general politeness to the enjoyment of undivided attention where his heart was engaged, and in slighting too easily the forms of worldly propriety, he displayed a want of caution which Elinor could not approve, in spite of all that he and Marianne could say in its support.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Under the guidance of my new preceptors I entered with the greatest diligence into the search of the philosopher’s stone and the elixir of life; but the latter soon obtained my undivided attention.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)