Unopened
[ʌn'əʊp(ə)nd] or [ʌn'opənd]
Definition
(adj.) not yet opened or unsealed; 'unopened Christmas presents' .
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Examples
- No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Rawdon was denied the door by Mr. Bowls; his servants could not get a lodgment in the house at Park Lane; his letters were sent back unopened. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- A little before eight o'clock, Monsieur Rubelle came back with my unopened letter in his hand. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Unopened letters and unsorted papers lay strewn about the desk. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- On the outside I wrote this direction: Keep the enclosure unopened until nine o'clock to-morrow morning. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- As I waited, I lifted the unopened newspaper from the table and glanced my eye over it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I require you to destroy it unopened in my presence as soon as it is placed in your hands. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- My aunt's correspondence of the morning--including the six awakening letters which I had posted overnight--was lying unopened on the library table. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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