unexploded
adjective
un·ex·plod·ed ˌən-ik-ˈsplō-dəd 
: not exploded
an unexploded bomb/shell
unexploded ammunition
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Baerbock said Germany will assist Ukraine in finding and removing mines and other unexploded ordnance left by Russian troops in areas where they have been pushed back by Ukrainian forces. 
Karl Ritter And Joanna Kozlowska, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2022 Baerbock said Germany will assist Ukraine in finding and removing mines and other unexploded ordnance left by Russian troops in areas where they have been pushed back. Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2022 Baerbock said Germany will assist Ukraine in finding and removing mines and other unexploded ordnance left by Russian troops in areas where they have been pushed back by Ukrainian forces. Karl Ritter And Joanna Kozlowska, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2022 The incident in Helmand province happened when the children discovered an unexploded shell and brought it inside their religious school and started playing with it, according a statement from the provincial police chief's office. Rahim Faiez, ajc, 3 Sep. 2022 Andriy, a former car salesman and a 36-year-old resident of Enerhodar, said that occupying authorities told residents the area around the plant is mined and that unexploded ordnance from cluster munitions litters the city. Matthew Luxmoore, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2022 Over the course of a week, in five districts of Kyiv, children and their parents are offered safety lessons about mines and unexploded ordnance. New York Times, 6 Aug. 2022 Places rendered uninhabitable because of unexploded ordnance or chemical contamination - or even, as in the case of Chernobyl, radioactive fallout - were now running wild. Henry Wismayer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022 Shots were fired from the apartment window as the SWAT team maintained a perimeter, and an unexploded device was also later thrown, prosecutors said. Breanne Kovatch, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2022 See More
Karl Ritter And Joanna Kozlowska, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2022 Baerbock said Germany will assist Ukraine in finding and removing mines and other unexploded ordnance left by Russian troops in areas where they have been pushed back. Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2022 Baerbock said Germany will assist Ukraine in finding and removing mines and other unexploded ordnance left by Russian troops in areas where they have been pushed back by Ukrainian forces. Karl Ritter And Joanna Kozlowska, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2022 The incident in Helmand province happened when the children discovered an unexploded shell and brought it inside their religious school and started playing with it, according a statement from the provincial police chief's office. Rahim Faiez, ajc, 3 Sep. 2022 Andriy, a former car salesman and a 36-year-old resident of Enerhodar, said that occupying authorities told residents the area around the plant is mined and that unexploded ordnance from cluster munitions litters the city. Matthew Luxmoore, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2022 Over the course of a week, in five districts of Kyiv, children and their parents are offered safety lessons about mines and unexploded ordnance. New York Times, 6 Aug. 2022 Places rendered uninhabitable because of unexploded ordnance or chemical contamination - or even, as in the case of Chernobyl, radioactive fallout - were now running wild. Henry Wismayer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022 Shots were fired from the apartment window as the SWAT team maintained a perimeter, and an unexploded device was also later thrown, prosecutors said. Breanne Kovatch, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
circa 1889, in the meaning defined above