uneaten
Example Sentences
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The baloney sandwich his aunt packed him went uneaten.
From Literature
That morning his aunt had found his uneaten sandwiches in his backpack, and, after a long lecture about food not growing on trees—he’d had to keep himself from correcting her that she meant money didn’t grow on trees, because plenty of food did indeed grow on trees—she had sent him to Shady Glen with yesterday’s sandwich.
From Literature
Buses are showing up to local charter schools half empty and schools are ordering meals that go uneaten.
“To answer the riddles. I’m no philosopher, and I prefer, in an ideal world, to go uneaten. And you do owe me: for the business with the lampposts.”
From Literature
When Mr. Sveen says wolves “ruined” 40 lambs in one night, we assume he means they were left dead and uneaten and this enrages him, not unjustifiably.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
