unopened
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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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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