Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not buried; not interred.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
unbury . - adjective Not having been
buried .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not buried
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Examples
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The reason was that we were told that no British soldier should remain unburied, and let me say this; the padres carried out their work magnificently, for not a British soldier remained on the Peninsula unburied when we finally all cleared out.
Gallipoli 1920
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To leave a dead body unburied is represented, alike in heathen authors as in Scripture, as the greatest indignity (Re 11: 8, 9).
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Its morbid and it shows disrespect for the dead to allow someone’s body to remain unburied and serve as property for people to fight over.
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On every new alarm, call the unburied ghosts from former fields of battle; range them in tremendous array, call them one by one to witness against the conscience of your enemy, and ere the battle is begun take from him all courage to engage.
Tales and Novels — Volume 04 Maria Edgeworth 1808
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On every new alarm, call the unburied ghosts from former fields of battle; range them in tremendous array, call them one by one to witness against the conscience of your enemy, and ere the battle is begun take from him all courage to engage.
Letters for Literary Ladies: To Which is Added, An Essay on the Noble Science of Self-Justification 1798
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Some particular persons shall make it their business to search out the dead bodies, or any part of them that should remain unburied.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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Theirs is a particularly morbid volunteer project: Combing the war-shattered streets for the unburied dead from two months of urban combat.
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“A widespread investigation of funeral homes, morgues, and hospitals hasconcluded that the unburied dead have been returning to life and seeking human victims.”
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My great uncles decided to unburied my great grandmother to bury her next to my great grandfather.
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The rebel brother's body will not be sanctified by holy rites, and will lie unburied on the battlefield, prey for carrion animals, the harshest punishment at the time.
Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009
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