unlaid
Americanadjective
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not laid or placed.
The table is still unlaid.
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(of dead bodies) not laid out; not prepared for burial.
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not laid to rest, as a spirit.
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untwisted, as a rope.
Etymology
Origin of unlaid
First recorded in 1425–75, unlaid is from the late Middle English word unleyd. See un- 1, laid
Example Sentences
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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
Returning later and finding the wire unlaid, Templer picked up the telephone and called the Public Works Department.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
For out of all his days, not one Has passed and left its unlaid ghost To seek a light for ever lost, Or wail a deed for ever done.
From Collected Poems 1897 - 1907, by Henry Newbolt by Sir Henry John Newbolt
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