undecomposedadj.
Not decomposed:
a. Of chemical or mineral substances.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > [adjective] > united into a whole > not divided, separated, or split
wholeeOE
unparteda1398
undealta1400
undividedc1412
individedc1430
undeparted1430
indeparted1434
untwinnedc1450
unsparpled1508
undissevered1521
unseparated1545
inseparate1550
unseparate1553
unsundered1594
unspleeted1609
inseparizeda1618
undisjointed1631
unparcelled1648
unsplit1656
unanalysed1661
indivise1677
unattenuated1727
uncomminuted1758
undecomposed1758
undismembered1758
indiscrete1782
undecompounded1795
undismantled1830
impartite1862
undiscrete1862
uncleave1893
1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 248 If the Fixed Alkali be desired perfectly free from any mixture of undecomposed Nitre.
1789 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 79 307 The volatile alkali..will frequently pass over in great quantities undecomposed.
1849 D. Campbell Pract. Text-bk. Inorg. Chem. 49 Sometimes there is a very small quantity of undecomposed matter remaining undissolved.
1880 J. Lomas Man. Alkali Trade 277 Large quantities of undecomposed manganese.
b. Of substances liable to organic decay.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > state of being undecayed > [adjective] > not decomposed
undissolved1603
unmouldered1745
undecomposeda1835
a1835 J. Macculloch Proofs & Illustr. Attributes God (1837) III. xlii. 120 The fallen wood, in particular, is useless to future vegetation while it is undecomposed.
1855 D. T. Ansted in Orr's Circle Sci.: Inorg. Nature 64 The flesh having been preserved in a sufficiently undecomposed state to serve as food for wild animals.
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