decomposed
adjective
having undergone decomposition.
undecomposed
-
a word derived from
decomposed.
Example Sentences
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Exactly how this old carbon is being freed from undecomposed plant matter remains uncertain.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 24, 2026
Along the river, there are big peat bogs containing gigantic amounts of undecomposed dead plant material, which makes them significant carbon sinks.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2023
A dead monkey, still whole, still undecomposed, drifted back and forth with a certain precision upon those ripples and eddies without exit.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 15, 2017
Many curious noses sniffed at a tiny phial taken from TutankhAmen's tomb containing a minute smear of cosmetic cream still undecomposed.
From Time Magazine Archive
But for them the earth would now be heaped with the undecomposed remains of animals and vegetables.
