absorbed
adjective
deeply interested or involved; preoccupied.
unabsorbed
-
a word derived from
absorbed.
Example Sentences
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Traditional oral iron supplements can help, but they often leave behind unabsorbed iron that irritates the digestive tract and triggers inflammation.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2025
In the 8 October 2020 issue of Nature, Lenert and his colleagues reported a mirror able to reflect nearly 99% of unabsorbed infrared photons back into the heat source.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 13, 2022
One is to add an extra layer to a cell's back to reflect unabsorbed light back through it a second time.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2020
Possibly it was this positioning — intimate but arm’s-length — that encouraged Arabia to import foreign styles, but let them stay foreign, unabsorbed.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2019
They are very weak dyes compared with the direct colours, and require from 20 to 60 per cent. to produce full shades, although of this fully one-third remains in the bath unabsorbed by the cotton.
From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Franklin Beech
