Definitions
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- adjective not yet
opened ; stillclosed
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not yet opened or unsealed
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Examples
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Collecter Series (large figures, still in unopened box) – Luke, Han, and Obi Wan
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Donations of food for SMAWL's Pet Food Pantry should be in unopened bags or cans; cash donations also accepted.
Southern Maryland community calendar, Nov. 4-11, 2010 Post 2010
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PET ADOPTIONS AND FOOD DRIVES, sponsored by St. Mary's Animal Welfare League, which will accept donations of food and litter for SMAWL's Pet Food Pantry in unopened bags or cans.
Southern Maryland community calendar, Sept. 30-Oct. 7, 2010 Post 2010
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SKYBOX DC SKYCAPS DISPLAY BOX OF 36 UNOPENED PACKS four new padlocks in unopened pack small
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Huge amounts of both tax and national lottery money have been squandered on white-elephant buildings – Museums of this and Centres of that, which have either closed for lack of public interest or been left unfinished or unopened, which is scandalous.
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Most of the phone calls that come to my house are unsolicited offers of credit or mortgage loans; most of my snailmail hits the bin unopened.
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I remember, father, that of the chests that we brought from the ship there is one unopened, which is marked "_medicines," _ -- may it not contain something that will relieve mamma?
The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island Johann David Wyss 1780
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It's in parlous condition, and it's filled with small, pilferable items, such as unopened letters and a rubber stamp that reads "I never answer letters, Ernest Hemingway."
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It's in parlous condition, and it's filled with small, pilferable items, such as unopened letters and a rubber stamp that reads "I never answer letters, Ernest Hemingway."
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It's in parlous condition, and it's filled with small, pilferable items, such as unopened letters and a rubber stamp that reads "I never answer letters, Ernest Hemingway."
reesetee commented on the word unopened
In rare/antique books, when the leaves of the book are still joined at the outside folds and have not been slit open. (You can't read the book very easily in this condition!)
February 22, 2007