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unhung

American  
[uhn-huhng] / ˌʌnˈhʌŋ /

adjective

  1. (of a picture, door, etc.) not having been hung.

  2. (of a person) not punished with hanging.


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State Treasurer Elizabeth Muoio was among them, still sorting through boxes and unhung picture frames.

From Seattle Times Mar. 22, 2023

The studio is not otherwise very ornamented — a pile of platinum album plaques loll, unhung, in the bathroom.

From New York Times Oct. 15, 2021

She’s staying in the spare room with the lumpy mattress and the unhung Jack Vettriano print, but in the night creeps downstairs to eat mini rolls and wonder how it all came to this.

From The Guardian Jun. 5, 2018

He retreats to the basement, where a series of beautiful but unhung pieces of artwork line the walls, and to his office.

From Washington Post Jul. 25, 2017

The traders round here are the greatest scoundrels unhung, and I have to treat them as they treat me.

From A Modern Buccaneer by Boldrewood, Rolf

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