Definitions

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  • adjective That has not been scavenged

Etymologies

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From un- +‎ scavenged

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Examples

  • The authors warn that female vets of childbearing age “should be fully informed of the possible reproductive effects of ionising radiation, unscavenged anaesthetic gases, and exposure to pesticides.”

    Female vets run twice the risk of miscarriage because of anaesthetic gases and pesticides GreenFertility 2008

  • The authors warn that female vets of childbearing age “should be fully informed of the possible reproductive effects of ionising radiation, unscavenged anaesthetic gases, and exposure to pesticides.”

    Archive 2008-04-01 GreenFertility 2008

  • It was a wonderful topic to be pondering as he wended his way to the cold room where the unscavenged remains of George-Wayne Anderson-Brummel were housed in a cylinder of industrial formagas designed to preserve soft body parts while preventing decomposition.

    The Mocking Program Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2002

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