sift
verb (used with object)
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
unsifted
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a word derived from
sift.
Example Sentences
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These fall upon the reader more as an unsifted data dump than as a focused marshaling of evidence in aid of human and psychological insight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
The original graham cracker used unsifted whole-wheat flour.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2018
“Thistle-sifter. I am a thistle-sifter. I have a sieve of sifted thistles and a sieve of unsifted thistles. Because I am a thistle sifter.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2016
In any single mix, there's always the chance of a clot of just one metal remaining unsifted, ruining the entire batch.
From Time Magazine Archive
His jeans were torn and his cotton shirt was in rags, but his grit was unsifted.
From Partners of Chance by Henry Herbert Knibbs
