Definitions

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  • adjective In which hunting does not take place.
  • adjective Not hunted.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ hunted

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Examples

  • If they were unhunted the coyotes would be in the farmers livestock more than what they are now.

    Wolf hunting Good? or Bad? 2009

  • I think that has to do with them leasing land that was in many previous years unhunted or just hunted by permission of the landowners for free.

    Florida Deer Hunters Visit Ohio 2010

  • It may mean having to work a lil 'harder to find good unhunted or uncrowded archery spots, but if i complain about that i'd be one of the lazy, right?

    On The Crossbow Trend 2009

  • It may mean having to work a lil 'harder to find good unhunted or uncrowded archery spots, but if i complain about that i'd be one of the lazy, right?

    On The Crossbow Trend 2009

  • I think that has to do with them leasing land that was in many previous years unhunted or just hunted by permission of the landowners for free.

    Florida Deer Hunters Visit Ohio 2010

  • If they were unhunted the coyotes would be in the farmers livestock more than what they are now.

    Wolf hunting Good? or Bad? 2009

  • Despite relatively nutrient-poor soils, the CSNR is dominated by pristine primary, lowland and montane, tropical rain forest, representing one of the largest tracts of undisturbed, uninhabited and unhunted primary forest in the tropics.

    Central Suriname Nature Reserve, Suriname 2008

  • In the Deer Ridge study, several deer with home ranges that consisted of both the public hunting area and the refuge moved to the unhunted land once the guns began firing.

    Bucks Under Pressure 2003

  • Too many people think opening weekend, with its uneducated, unhunted birds of the year, is the best time to hunt pheasants.

    The Trouble With Pheasant Hunting 2002

  • The park had run wild, but was lovely in the gold of autumn; the game, so long unhunted, hardly heeded our passing.

    The Persian Boy Renault, Mary 1972

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