unburnt
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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A small proportion of methane always passes through the engines unburnt, and is released up the funnels - something known as "methane slip".
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2024
Previous work, led in part by forensic scientists, has shown that burning alters bone structure at the atomic level, so burnt and unburnt human bones absorb different wavelengths of the infrared spectrum.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 12, 2022
Many of their former occupants, however, are gone, some having used instant insurance cash to buy houses in the neighboring, unburnt towns of Quincy and Chester.
From Salon • Jan. 1, 2022
Left unburnt, many forests across the western United States now look as they never have before, brimming with fuel that has accumulated, in some spots, for more than 100 years.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 15, 2018
He would have to take the shovel and clean them out in the morning and make sure that no unburnt bones were left.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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