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  • adjective Not having been sieved.

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un- +‎ sieved

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Examples

  • Other samples will be sieved to detect small faunal and archaeological remains; while a selection of unsieved samples will be set aside for flotation to retrieve botanical remains.

    Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Tepe Duzen Report 1 2003

  • Bed is made with 100 mm of unsieved soil (lower) and 200 mm of sieved soil (upper).

    4.1 Nursery establishment 1999

  • The unsieved material (the larger groundnut particles) is returned to the mortar for further pound ing.

    Chapter 6 1995

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