unexploded

adjective

un·​ex·​plod·​ed ˌən-ik-ˈsplō-dəd 

: not exploded

an unexploded bomb/shell

unexploded ammunition

Examples of unexploded in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The destruction has left Palestinians struggling to find safe shelter amid ongoing Israeli airstrikes and the threat of unexploded ordnance. — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026

The Navy’s Military Munitions Response Program is assigned to remove unexploded munitions from target ranges that are no longer used. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2026

Travelers are advised to avoid roadside ditches, shoulders and unmarked trails and never touch anything that could be unexploded munitions. — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

The latter is embodied by an underground race of telepathic mutants who worship an unexploded nuclear bomb and find themselves in conflict with the apes, as well as the few surviving humans, on the way to a finale that out-tragedies the original. — Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1889, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unexploded

• incommoded
• overloaded
• boded
• coded
• goaded
• loaded
• roaded
• corroded
• decoded
• downloaded
• encoded
• eroded