unemptied
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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A bouquet of tear gas and unemptied bins wasn't exactly the right atmosphere for the diplomatic courtship of a state visit.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2023
Strikes by refuse workers were held in August and further industrial action had been scheduled to close schools and leave bins unemptied this month.
From BBC • Sep. 29, 2022
The animals have been increasingly drawn to the city in recent years, attracted by the piles of stinking trash that tumbles out of often unemptied rubbish skips.
From Reuters • Sep. 23, 2021
Orwell's depiction of his sordid lodgings above a tripe shop – with an unemptied chamber pot beneath the breakfast table – makes great copy but tells us little about the living conditions of most Wiganers.
From The Guardian • Feb. 20, 2011
Not a box was left unemptied, not a barrel or chest or shelf that was not searched as for some tiny object that might secrete itself in a crack.
From Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas by Kennedy, Sara Beaumont
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