Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not oiled; free from oil.

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  • adjective Not having been oiled.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective in need of oil treatment
  • adjective not having oil rubbed into the surface

Etymologies

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un- +‎ oiled

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Examples

  • Judge Holland also dismissed the claims of "unoiled" property owners for devaluation of their property, and the Alaska Natives 'claims for injury to their subsistence culture. "

    Center for American Progress Action Fund satyamkhanna 2010

  • The engine room was last and the unoiled door hinges squealed like all the others.

    2009 July « Official Harry Harrison News Blog 2009

  • The alassing stopped the instant the unoiled hinges of the door screeched and the door swung open.

    Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011

  • The alassing stopped the instant the unoiled hinges of the door screeched and the door swung open.

    Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011

  • The engine room was last and the unoiled door hinges squealed like all the others.

    The Stainless Steel Rat Returns – Chapter 3 « Official Harry Harrison News Blog 2009

  • Research following the earlier Apollo Sea spill had shown that previously oiled penguins were not quite as successful as their unoiled counterparts at rearing chicks in years when food availability was poor, at least in the first two years following rehabilitation.

    The Great Penguin Rescue Dyan DeNapoli 2010

  • In the year following the Treasure oil spill, however, the reproductive success of the previously oiled penguins rivaled that of their unoiled counterparts.

    The Great Penguin Rescue Dyan DeNapoli 2010

  • Another 19,500 unoiled penguins were relocated to clean waters 560 miles away to prevent them from becoming oiled as well.

    The Great Penguin Rescue Dyan DeNapoli 2010

  • They already had SANCCOB and Salt River to run; nearly 10,000 oiled penguins at the two rescue centers to feed, clean, and rehabilitate; another 9,000 oiled penguins still in need of rescuing; thousands of volunteers to recruit and train; thousands of abandoned chicks to raise; and now, on top of everything else, they had an island full of unoiled penguins that needed relocating.

    The Great Penguin Rescue Dyan DeNapoli 2010

  • In fact, 2001 was a particularly successful breeding season for both oiled and unoiled penguins, due to the influx of huge schools of pilchards and anchovies in the region that year.

    The Great Penguin Rescue Dyan DeNapoli 2010

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