uncombined

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Phosphorus is the only member of its group that does not occur in the uncombined state in nature; it exists in many allotropic forms.

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The properties of combined elements are different from those in the free, or uncombined, state.

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Most of the representative metals do not occur naturally in an uncombined state because they readily react with water and oxygen in the air.

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This acid is found in an uncombined state in the waters of certain lakes.

From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine

The leaves now commence the process of absorption, and imbibe both uncombined gases and an unascertained but perhaps considerable quantity of watery vapor from the humid atmosphere of spring which bathes them.

From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.