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unopened

British  
/ ʌnˈəʊpənd /

adjective

  1. closed, barred, or sealed

    an unopened bottle of whisky

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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I was happy to pay $10 and not risk seeing my bag of chips and jar of salsa sit unopened on the kitchen counter.

From MarketWatch Sep. 11, 2026

Or a can of worms best left unopened?

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

Any unopened cans should be returned or thrown away.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 2026

He’d been rooting around dusty barns at an agricultural estate sale and found pristine packs of Chiclets and Life Savers inside a sealed Mason jar, including one unopened Choc-O-Mint.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

She placed a small, unopened bottle of water on the chair next to me.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

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