uninterredadj.
(un- prefix1 2.)
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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > [adjective] > buried > not
unburieda900
unbeburiedOE
unshrined1297
ungravenc1400
unbegrave1513
unearthed1513
ungraveda1547
untombed1560
unyerded1596
unsepulchred?1611
gravelessa1616
uninhumed1626
unterred1633
uninterred1648
unentombed1697
unhearsed1809
tombless1814
unsepultured1862
1648 Hunting of Fox 17 Left uninter'd for the Fox and other beasts to prey upon.
a1684 R. Leighton Pract. Comm. 1st Epist. Peter (1694) II. 210 Rotting above Ground as Carcases un-interr'd.
1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad VI. xxii. 484 Unwept, unhonour'd, uninterr'd he lies!
1827 R. Pollok Course of Time II. vi. 23 By him lay the uninterred corpse.
1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Athens II. 161 Leaving the remainder uninterred he invited all..to examine the scene of contest.
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