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The council is also looking at adding the word "unadopted" to street name plates to make pedestrians and motorists aware they are entering a road of possibly poor standard.

icLiverpool 2010

The local geography does not quite add up: Shrewbury Avenue is a posh unadopted road on top of the hill (which shows what an important figure a bank manager was in those days).

John Illsley: Little Bowden's rock star 2009

Compact fluorescent bulbs are so unloved and so widely unadopted that Congress had to resort to conventional-bulb prohibition, with incandescent bulbs getting Volsteaded come 2014.

It's Better for Whose Environment? Eric Felten 2010

With so many animals and so few decent homes, real shelters -- ones that don't up their donations by declaring themselves "no kill" and thereby slamming the door on all but the few animals they can cope with -- have no choice but to get out the needle for unadopted animals so as to make room for the never-ending stream of unwanted at the door.

Ingrid Newkirk: The Pope, PETA and Overpopulation Ingrid Newkirk 2010

With so many animals and so few decent homes, real shelters -- ones that don't up their donations by declaring themselves "no kill" and thereby slamming the door on all but the few animals they can cope with -- have no choice but to get out the needle for unadopted animals so as to make room for the never-ending stream of unwanted at the door.

Ingrid Newkirk: The Pope, PETA and Overpopulation Ingrid Newkirk 2010

The unadopted memo outlines potential administrative fixes to immigration law if Congress doesn't pass new legislation.

Andrew Becker: Obama End-Run Amnesty Claim Is 'Nuts,' Immigration Official Says 2010

So I'm thrilled that this adoption could not only signal the end to the myth that white people cannot adopt black children in this country but also publicize the problem of unadopted black children.

It’s No PR Stunt 2010

Don't get me wrong, I am glad she was adopted, but I do find it odd that sweet larger dogs are left unadopted while the tiny dog who has issues out the wazzoo and growls maniacally at people is quickly adopted.

Archive 2008-02-01 Laura 2008

With so many animals and so few decent homes, real shelters -- ones that don't up their donations by declaring themselves "no kill" and thereby slamming the door on all but the few animals they can cope with -- have no choice but to get out the needle for unadopted animals so as to make room for the never-ending stream of unwanted at the door.

Ingrid Newkirk: The Pope, PETA and Overpopulation Ingrid Newkirk 2010

With so many animals and so few decent homes, real shelters -- ones that don't up their donations by declaring themselves "no kill" and thereby slamming the door on all but the few animals they can cope with -- have no choice but to get out the needle for unadopted animals so as to make room for the never-ending stream of unwanted at the door.

Ingrid Newkirk: The Pope, PETA and Overpopulation Ingrid Newkirk 2010