unlaid

American  

[uhn-leyd] / ʌnˈleɪd /

adjective

1. not laid or placed.

   The table is still unlaid.

2. (of dead bodies) not laid out; not prepared for burial.

3. not laid to rest, as a spirit.

4. untwisted, as a rope.

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Etymology

Origin of unlaid

First recorded in 1425–75, unlaid is from the late Middle English word unleyd. See un- ¹, laid

Example Sentences

Kerry Perkins, an aquarist at the Sea Life aquarium in Brighton, said a four-year fast was a possibility, but noted that the octopus may have got nutrients from unlaid eggs or very occasional, unobserved titbits.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2014

Hertz, made of weaker stuff than Hoff, tries to persuade him to do as he himself has done: to compromise, to live with unlaid ghosts.

From Time Magazine Archive

Returning later and finding the wire unlaid, Templer picked up the telephone and called the Public Works Department.

From Time Magazine Archive

An X-ray device has been developed which tells genuine from imitation leather, and which reveals the minutest internal details of insects, down to embryonic skeletons in unlaid eggs.

From Time Magazine Archive

The rope, by being unlaid, would serve to bind the raft together.

From Paul Gerrard The Cabin Boy by Kingston, William Henry Giles