Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

unabsorbed

  • a word derived from absorbed.
    absorbed
    adjective
    deeply interested or involved; preoccupied.

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

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

An unfused and, consequently, unabsorbed slag tends to retain small buttons of alloy or metal, and thus cause serious loss.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Cornelius Beringer