unexploded
adjective
un·ex·plod·ed
ˌən-ik-ˈsplō-dəd 
: not exploded
an unexploded bomb/shell
unexploded ammunition
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Bodies lay decomposing in the hospital's dirt courtyard, which was laden with unexploded ordnance.
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Aya Batrawy, NPR, 6 Apr. 2024
Tens of thousands of unexploded ordnance have been removed, but more remain.
—Anna Rabemanantsoa, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2024
Your boyfriend wasn’t afraid to approach his mom, where the parent to beware is one who must be handled like unexploded ordnance.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
Chuck Searcy has spent decades of his life redressing a deadly legacy of America’s war in Vietnam: unexploded ordnance.
—Seth Mydans, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
There had been some research testing how drones could be used to identify unexploded ordinances, but not much.
—Justin Ling, WIRED, 19 Feb. 2024
This, sadly, is what a considerable portion of Fort Ord has been reduced to: empty shells of barracks and husks of headquarters; unexploded ordinance and toxic groundwater marring a lush, undeveloped hillside.
—Sam McManis, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
When such unexploded ordnances are found, they are typically detonated on site.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024
There are a lot of traumatic injuries, and, while there may not be a lot of new trauma—although there may be some because of unexploded ordnance—there are going to be traumatic injuries of people that are infected, and who will die.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2024
Aya Batrawy, NPR, 6 Apr. 2024
Tens of thousands of unexploded ordnance have been removed, but more remain.
—Anna Rabemanantsoa, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2024
Your boyfriend wasn’t afraid to approach his mom, where the parent to beware is one who must be handled like unexploded ordnance.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
Chuck Searcy has spent decades of his life redressing a deadly legacy of America’s war in Vietnam: unexploded ordnance.
—Seth Mydans, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
There had been some research testing how drones could be used to identify unexploded ordinances, but not much.
—Justin Ling, WIRED, 19 Feb. 2024
This, sadly, is what a considerable portion of Fort Ord has been reduced to: empty shells of barracks and husks of headquarters; unexploded ordinance and toxic groundwater marring a lush, undeveloped hillside.
—Sam McManis, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
When such unexploded ordnances are found, they are typically detonated on site.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024
There are a lot of traumatic injuries, and, while there may not be a lot of new trauma—although there may be some because of unexploded ordnance—there are going to be traumatic injuries of people that are infected, and who will die.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2024
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“Unexploded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unexploded. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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