unburied
adjective
un·bur·ied
ˌən-ˈber-ēd 
-ˈbe-rēd,
also -ˈbər-ēd
: not placed into the ground : not buried
an unburied corpse
Examples of unburied in a Sentence
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Two years earlier, D.C. officials had outlawed removing bodies from graves without a permit, but allowed medical schools to secure unclaimed or unburied bodies through the D.C. Health Department’s Anatomical Board.
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Claire Healy, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
For a society in need of those minerals, the nodules are unburied treasure, sitting right there on the sea floor ready to be collected.
—Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2023
Some researchers contend that pre-agricultural human societies were peaceful, but there’s growing evidence to the contrary: For example, at Nataruk, a 10,000-year-old site in Kenya, at least 27 individuals were left unburied, exposed to the elements.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2016
Even the miniseries' middling stretches effectively conjure an America of hidden worlds and ruined civilizations, full of secret passageways and fresh unburied corpses.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 4 May 2021
But in the original winter of discontent, as trash piled up on the streets and bodies lay unburied amid strikes, the public lost sympathy for workers.
—Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2023
Bus stops along roads maintained by the city are largely unburied — if not pristinely plowed.
—Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Jan. 2023
Excavations in 2014 on the Swedish island of Öland revealed the bones of victims who were left unburied and unburned.
—Byandrew Curry, science.org, 5 Jan. 2023
Israel houses the unburied bodies of 111 Palestinians, 16 of them from Jenin, according to detailed records shared with The Times by the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center, an independent Palestinian rights watchdog.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2022
Claire Healy, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
For a society in need of those minerals, the nodules are unburied treasure, sitting right there on the sea floor ready to be collected.
—Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2023
Some researchers contend that pre-agricultural human societies were peaceful, but there’s growing evidence to the contrary: For example, at Nataruk, a 10,000-year-old site in Kenya, at least 27 individuals were left unburied, exposed to the elements.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2016
Even the miniseries' middling stretches effectively conjure an America of hidden worlds and ruined civilizations, full of secret passageways and fresh unburied corpses.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 4 May 2021
But in the original winter of discontent, as trash piled up on the streets and bodies lay unburied amid strikes, the public lost sympathy for workers.
—Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2023
Bus stops along roads maintained by the city are largely unburied — if not pristinely plowed.
—Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Jan. 2023
Excavations in 2014 on the Swedish island of Öland revealed the bones of victims who were left unburied and unburned.
—Byandrew Curry, science.org, 5 Jan. 2023
Israel houses the unburied bodies of 111 Palestinians, 16 of them from Jenin, according to detailed records shared with The Times by the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center, an independent Palestinian rights watchdog.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2022
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“Unburied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unburied. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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