unharvested

adjective

un·​har·​vested ˌən-ˈhär-və-stəd How to pronounce unharvested (audio)
: not harvested
an unharvested crop
unharvested fields

Examples of unharvested in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Several Alaska Native corporations have already capitalized on timber tracts in California’s carbon credits market, which allow forest owners to get paid for keeping lands unharvested for 100 years. Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2024 And that’s what those unharvested oysters did over all those months. Louise Schiavone, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024 Schools are closed and crops have been abandoned, the olives left unharvested. Kim Ghattas, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2024 Its three acres of hop vines, always a small part of the 1,260-acre estate, went unharvested this year. Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for unharvested 

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Word History

First Known Use

1874, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unharvested was in 1874

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Cite this Entry

“Unharvested.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unharvested. Accessed 25 Oct. 2024.

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