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unwatered /ʌnˈwɔːtəd /adjectiveNot supplied or sprinkled with water: plants, unwatered, died painfully in the drawing room...- However, unwatered Norway spruce and Nordmann fir both suffered, with the Norway spruce losing over a kilo of needles after 21 days and the Nordmann fir holding the needles well but losing the glossy shimmer and looking dull and lifeless.
- Normally on a relaxing day out he could be expected to wash down a couple of beef sandwiches with a pint or two of Guinness but on this occasion he went unwatered and unfed - but only because he was being starved ahead of his surgery.
- Workers at Ballybrit have taken the unprecedented step of leaving the ground unwatered in the lead-up to the meeting.
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