uncombined

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

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

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

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

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

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

It is neither to be explained how that affinity operates on atoms uncombined, nor how the artist's desire for an unconceived whole prompts him to the selection of necessary divisions.

From Modern Painters Volume II (of V) by Ruskin, John

The second reason is, the interposition of the uncombined water between the solid particles of the clay, and as this cannot be worked without it, this cause of shrinking cannot be avoided.

From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by Arnoux, L.