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unburied

American  
[uhn-ber-eed, uhn-bur-eed] / ʌnˈbɛr id, ʌnˈbɜr id /

adjective

  1. not buried or interred.


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Forensics and detection suggest that the historical tragedy, the unburied victim and the strangely surviving plant are somehow connected.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Lungu, who died on June 5 last year, remains unburied.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

But when “Anthology” first aired, it was unburied treasure, bringing together a wealth of photos and film clips long out of circulation; it was terrifically exciting, nostalgia for some, but present and alive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2025

Noticing a temperature change along part of a buried cable could reveal that part has become unburied, for example.

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2025

So Fremantle came to Gettysburg, saw the bodies unburied in the fields, beginning to become offensive in the heat of the morning, poor chaps.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

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