undisturbed

adjective

un·dis·turbed | \ ˌən-di-ˈstərbd

Definition of undisturbed

: not disturbed : not altered or interfered with allowing the dough to rest undisturbed wanted to read undisturbed for a few hours a pristine forest undisturbed by humans : not agitated or troubled was surprisingly undisturbed by the news

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Forty-one percent of West Papua’s land has already been granted to the palm-oil and timber industries, by one analysis, though much has remained undisturbed because of the difficulty of getting products to market. — Jennifer Smith, WSJ, "Today’s Logistics Report: Shrinking Japan’s Fleet; Squeezing the Grocers; Highway Dividing Lines," 8 Mar. 2019 Leaving embryos undisturbed from day one to day five —when the embryo becomes what’s known as a blastocyst—rather than checking on them on day three, as many centers do, has been similarly revolutionary. — Jancee Dunn, Vogue, "How California Became the World’s Fertility Treatment Destination," 13 Mar. 2019 Its sole human residents are a few groundskeepers, and the island’s landscape and rare breeds of wildlife remain virtually undisturbed by humans. — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, "The Island of Montecristo Only Allows 1,000 Visitors a Year," 29 Aug. 2018 To get a good sear, let the mushrooms cook undisturbed long enough to release their liquid. — Kitty Greenwald, WSJ, "The Toast Everybody Should Be Talking About," 24 Jan. 2019 Its newest project, however, steps away from humans and instead focuses on the areas where the natural world is undisturbed. — Angela Chen, The Verge, "This map lets you hear what the world sounds like without humans," 9 Dec. 2018 And yet, despite all the rapid development around the island’s main hubs to the south, vast swaths of the landscape remain pretty much undisturbed. — Alex Postman, Condé Nast Traveler, "Finding the Bali You Came For," 16 Nov. 2018 They are then dried—and left undisturbed throughout the process so that no essential oils are lost—and sifted to remove unwanted debris. — Jane Black, WSJ, "When It Comes to This Ingredient, Believe the Hype," 8 Nov. 2018 But that said, there is something undeniably special, and moving, about these last undisturbed places. — Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, "A Family Adventure in the Wild Heart of Tanzania," 2 Apr. 2018

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