capture
verb (used with object)
to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize.
uncaptured
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a word derived from
capture.
Example Sentences
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We would like to leave no moment uncaptured, would like to at least try to become pearly, hairless, omniscient idealized beings, even if this desire lurks somewhere beneath what we’d consciously admit.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
Much of the uncaptured Mexican waste flows into the Tijuana River, which crosses a U.S. estuary before reaching the Pacific.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
As giving shifts toward informal routes - online transfers, crowdfunding and other unaudited platforms - much of this behaviour goes uncaptured.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
In 1985, one of the paintings from Willem de Kooning’s famous mid-1950s “Woman” series disappeared from the University of Arizona Museum of Art, sliced out of its frame by thieves who went undetected and uncaptured.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2023
Bronwyn opened her coat and said, “I’d like you to meet the second-to-last uncaptured ymbryne, Miss Alma Peregrine.”
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
