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- adjective Not
burnished .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of metals e.g.; not made shiny and smooth by friction
Etymologies
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Examples
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Ulysses cannot abide the idleness of age and continues to reflect: "How dull it is to pause, to make an end, / To rust unburnished, not to shine in use!"
Peter Davis: Milestone or Millstone? Peter Davis 2012
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Ulysses cannot abide the idleness of age and continues to reflect: "How dull it is to pause, to make an end, / To rust unburnished, not to shine in use!"
Peter Davis: Milestone or Millstone? Peter Davis 2012
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Ulysses cannot abide the idleness of age and continues to reflect: "How dull it is to pause, to make an end, / To rust unburnished, not to shine in use!"
Peter Davis: Milestone or Millstone? Peter Davis 2012
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Ulysses cannot abide the idleness of age and continues to reflect: "How dull it is to pause, to make an end, / To rust unburnished, not to shine in use!"
Peter Davis: Milestone or Millstone? Peter Davis 2012
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Ulysses cannot abide the idleness of age and continues to reflect: "How dull it is to pause, to make an end, / To rust unburnished, not to shine in use!"
Peter Davis: Milestone or Millstone? Peter Davis 2012
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Ulysses cannot abide the idleness of age and continues to reflect: "How dull it is to pause, to make an end, / To rust unburnished, not to shine in use!"
Peter Davis: Milestone or Millstone? Peter Davis 2012
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Ulysses cannot abide the idleness of age and continues to reflect: "How dull it is to pause, to make an end, / To rust unburnished, not to shine in use!"
Peter Davis: Milestone or Millstone? Peter Davis 2012
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The unburnished female voice in the ad is effective.
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I rather think of Ted Kennedy, working phones from his sickbed to garner support for his lifelong cause of healthcare for all Americans, as scorning to rust unburnished.
Archive 2009-08-23 Bas Bleu 2009
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Tennyson was right, to rust unburnished was inconceivably dull.
The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009
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