unsaturated
Technical term used in chemistry to describe compounds with double or triple bonds, or solutions that can dissolve more solute. Also used in broader contexts like unsaturated fats.
Unsaturated fatty acids are often liquid at room temperature.
This compound has unsaturated bonds.
不飽和 (unsaturated) is the direct technical opposite of 飽和 (saturated), used especially in chemistry for solutions, fats, and compounds.
Formed from the negative prefix 不 and 飽和, “saturation,” as a scientific term for a state below or incapable of full saturation.