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If this is the case, an unhatched egg may be removed by the parents or used as food for the eaglets.—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 18 Feb. 2026 Additionally, if humans on the beach disturb or damage the bird’s habitat, adult plovers will abandon their nests for long periods of time, endangering the unhatched chicks, the bird alliance said.—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026 After all the fussing and fidgeting exerted in trying to nail just the right mix of comic book action, comedy and pathos, the movie emerges as a tone-deaf mishmash of underdeveloped characters, half-baked humor and unhatched plotting drenched in CGI overkill.—Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 12 July 2025 However, several unhatched eggs remain that could still produce young tortoises.—Michael Nied, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unhatched