unstart means A sudden compressor stall that can occur in the jet engines of supersonic aircraft. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.
Etymology
From un- + start.
noun
- A sudden compressor stall that can occur in the jet engines of supersonic aircraft.“Jim Eastham, one of the original SR-71 test pilots, vividly remembers unstarts: “An unstart demands your full and undivided attention,” he recalls.”