interred
adjective
(of a dead body) placed in a grave or tomb; buried.
uninterred
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a word derived from
interred.
Example Sentences
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Leave untended the herd, The flock without shelter; Leave the corpse uninterred, The bride at the altar; Leave the deer, leave the steer, Leave nets and barges; Come with your fighting gear, Broadswords and targes.
From The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades by Various
The most ancient writings have allusions to the shamefulness of a corpse lying uninterred.
From Notes and Queries, Vol. III, Number 86, June 21, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various
These received decent burial, but the others, lying uninterred as they had fallen, became a prey to the wild beasts of the prairie.
From The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba by Wood, Louis Aubrey
He recounts that the cynic Diogenes had ordered that his body should not be buried after his death but left uninterred.
From Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 by Ulfeldt, Leonora Christina
The woman died, and so poor were the people of the locality, that for want of a few boards to make a coffin, she remained uninterred for eight days.
From The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines by O'Rourke, John
