Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not planted; of spontaneous growth. Not cultivated; unimproved.
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- adjective Not
planted .
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- adjective not planted
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Examples
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I should advise these to remain unplanted, unless they are sown with mignonnette, or something of that kind.
The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally Jane 1845
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Last year, according to the USDA, there were 7 million acres of corn, soybeans and wheat that went unplanted due to the weather.
Phil Lempert: What The New USDA Baseline Forecast Means for Food Prices Phil Lempert 2012
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The North Dakota Wheat Commission projects at least 500,000 acres will go unplanted because of the weather, while some analysts predict that one million acres or more will be left idle or shifted to other crops.
Wheat's Rise Bites Bakers Tom Polansek 2011
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To a development worker from Bangladesh, with one of the highest rates of land cultivation in the world, unplanted land is money on the ground.
Susan Davis: Letter From Uganda: Given the Tools to Fight Poverty, Africa's Women Tend to Win Susan Davis 2011
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A new redwood privacy fence wraps around a large but unplanted garden bed.
Boutique buds: What underground mom-and-pop growers did while we debated legalization Adrian Higgins 2010
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September 21, 2009 at 6: 01 pm today I even rearranged and “dead headed” my driveway garden plants (some were not getting enough sun and some too much) you forgot to mention the times I have to yell at the dog for tipping over some of my plants to get to the unplanted bed! thank you, for your belly busting post!
My specialty: the driveway garden « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog 2009
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To a development worker from Bangladesh, with one of the highest rates of land cultivation in the world, unplanted land is money on the ground.
Susan Davis: Letter From Uganda: Given the Tools to Fight Poverty, Africa's Women Tend to Win Susan Davis 2011
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Last year, according to the USDA, there were 7 million acres of corn, soybeans and wheat that went unplanted due to the weather.
Phil Lempert: What The New USDA Baseline Forecast Means for Food Prices Phil Lempert 2012
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Fields are left fallow for a season, which means they are ploughed but left unplanted to rejuvenate.
Boost Creativity: Let Your Mind Lie Fallow | The Creative Penn 2010
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The Chinese government crumbled, farms went unplanted, fleeing Chinese were met at their borders and slaughtered.
“. . . in the stiff, dead fingers, the petition of his slaves who toiled in Hell's Bottom.” 2008
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