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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of unshelve.

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Examples

  • What I want is "social process tagging," (for want of a better term), that allows user (or librarian) to better articulate the status of the book ( "unshelved") in such a way that people can view a stream of similarly tagged items.

    Civilities 2009

  • I am overrun by books at home, with boxes of unshelved books due to lack of space.

    MIND MELD: The Apple iPad: Sizzle or Fizzle? 2010

  • That one wasn't precisely messy, but he did permit books to remain unshelved for days at a time.

    I Don’t Understand ? Jack Varnell 2010

  • I was at the Walker Library, still my favorite of the Minneapolis libraries, walking the stacks, and enjoying my Friday afternoon, when I came across an unshelved, seemingly discarded copy of “Moped Army.”

    Archive 2009-07-01 Aaron M. Wilson 2009

  • At work, I am sometimes e-mailed an unshelved comic by mosaic woman. glad there are more fans out there.

    Read irresponsibly...that's my shirt Michelle 2008

  • They get into fights, rip open boxes of unshelved merchandise, run down the aisles.

    Ninja Turtles, Eat Our Dust 2008

  • This case is quite unlike the uncatalogued, unshelved thesis in a general university library in Application of Bayer, 568 F.2d 1357 CCPA 1978.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Peter Zura 2008

  • This case is quite unlike the uncatalogued, unshelved thesis in a general university library in Application of Bayer, 568 F.2d 1357 CCPA 1978.

    CAFC: Unindexed Document on FTP Server Questioned as Publicly-Accessable Prior Art Peter Zura 2008

  • Now to get some more of the unshelved books sorted out - today I sorted comics and graphic novels, which is a nice small section.

    UK National Breastfeeding Awareness Week ailbhe 2007

  • Earlier in the day, James had stacked all of the unshelved books in the house in the hall outside the library.

    The Library « So Many Books 2004

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