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- adjective Not
stapled ;loose .
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Examples
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I vacuum for five minutes, make more copies, vacuum, collate seven handout packets; I leave them unstapled in case I want to change the order later, but meanwhile I number them -- really dumb, because if I change the order later I will have to change the page numbers too, so I spend some time debating whether to just staple them then and there.
Eliezer Sobel: A Day in the Strife of a Writer Eliezer Sobel 2011
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I let the paper drop to the floor, where the unstapled bundle promptly disassembles upon impact.
Portland Music Listener [Card #5: The Heirophant] (WORK-IN-PROGRESS) Christopher Snyder 2011
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As teaching staff in a university I absolutely hate it when students hand in unstapled papers and assignments.
Bind Paper Without Staples Using A Clever Fold | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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Hmm, I should refuse to mark unstapled papers. delightt ericesque
Bind Paper Without Staples Using A Clever Fold | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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I vacuum for five minutes, make more copies, vacuum, collate seven handout packets; I leave them unstapled in case I want to change the order later, but meanwhile I number them -- really dumb, because if I change the order later I will have to change the page numbers too, so I spend some time debating whether to just staple them then and there.
Eliezer Sobel: A Day in the Strife of a Writer Eliezer Sobel 2011
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As teaching staff in a university I absolutely hate it when students hand in unstapled papers and assignments.
Bind Paper Without Staples Using A Clever Fold | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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The Dahle letter folder can handle folding up to 3 sheets of either stapled or unstapled paper at the same time.
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This letter folder can fold up to three stapled or unstapled sheets of paper at one time.
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About the stapler thing--I have developed a hide when it comes to unstapled papers.
Venting Bardiac 2009
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Student X was suddenly right behind me, putting his unstapled sheets of paper on the pile, when I turned around after putting some notes on the board.
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