unblown
Britishadjective
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archaic (of a flower) still in the bud
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not blown
Example Sentences
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For many people, a lawn with leaves unblown or unraked offends their sensibilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
The detritus of old political battles is represented by images of shrivelled campaign materials, faded rosettes and unblown balloons.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 25, 2013
Cross's body was found in the unblown copilot's ejection capsule.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her immediate, reeling perception was of a radical, Picasso-like perspective in which tears, rimmed and bloated eyes, wet lips and raw, unblown nose blended in a crimson moistness of grief.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
We may also find in this volume such lines of promise as:— "Life is the rose's hope while yet unblown The reading of an ever changing tale."
From Halleck's New English Literature by Reuben Post Halleck
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