unreinforced
unreinforced — adjective
- unreinforcedpositive
- more unreinforcedcomparative
- most unreinforcedsuperlative
1. describes a wall, building, or other structure made of brick, concrete, or stone
describes a wall, building, or other structure made of brick, concrete, or stone that does not contain embedded steel bars (rebars) inside it to give it extra strength
The old church is made of unreinforced brick, making it vulnerable to earthquakes.
collocation: unreinforced brick
Engineers warned that the unreinforced concrete wall could collapse under heavy pressure.
collocation: unreinforced concrete
Building codes now ban unreinforced masonry for all new school construction.
Many nineteenth-century storehouses in this district still have unreinforced stone walls.
The inspector found unreinforced brick partitions in the basement of the old factory.
- unbraced
focuses on lack of lateral support; less common in everyday use
- unstrengthened
more general; lacks the specific engineering meaning of missing steel bars
- unsupported
may imply absence of props or struts rather than of embedded steel
- reinforced
contains steel bars or other strengthening material
文法句型
unreinforced + [building material]
unreinforced + [structure type]
用法筆記
This term is a technical descriptor used mainly in structural engineering and building safety contexts. It almost always appears before a noun naming a material (brick, concrete, masonry, stone) or a structure type (wall, building, column). The opposite, reinforced, refers to the same materials containing steel bars.