unhandled

American  

[uhn-han-dld] / ʌnˈhæn dld /

adjective

1. not handled; not touched.

2. (of animals) untamed; unbroken; untrained.

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Etymology

Origin of unhandled

First recorded in 1550–60; un- ¹ + handled

Example Sentences

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unhandled

Like the other objects evoked, the toys have solidity, but, by emphasising their unhandled coldness, the poet flips them into mystery.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 15, 2013

But George's argument was that when you see Clinton unhandled and unproduced, people like him.

From Time Magazine Archive

To signal his own decency, Bradley makes a show of presenting himself honestly, unhandled by handlers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sons of the sheltered city— Unmade, unhandled, unmeet— Ye pushed them raw to the battle As ye picked them raw from the street.

From Average Americans by Theodore Roosevelt

Small unhandled jug in the form of a smelling bottle.

From Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico And Arizona In 1879 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428 by James Stevenson