unmade

un·made | \ ˌən-ˈmād

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Definition of unmade

: not made an unmade bed

Examples of unmade in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Police found that the bed was unmade, a container of dog treats was overturned in the master bedroom and the Helms were nowhere to be found, according to reports. — Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, "NY grandparents abducted, taken to Canada and ransomed for cocaine or $3.5M," 7 Oct. 2020 Troopers noted the bed was unmade, a jar of dog treats had been overturned in the master bedroom and the Helms were gone. — Mary Esch, Star Tribune, "Grandparents are kidnapped, ransomed for cocaine or $3.5M," 6 Oct. 2020 Administrative agencies, built quite differently, produce laws much more swiftly and unilaterally—and those laws can be remade or unmade just as swiftly and unilaterally by the next administration. — Adam J. White, WSJ, "‘Law & Leviathan’ Review: Self-Government Minus the Self," 23 Sep. 2020 Piles were made, then unmade, then remade into new standing structures. — Sarah Jeong, The New Republic, "The Battle of Portland," 3 Sep. 2020 Their homeland was altered, forever, unmade from land and remade into this unnatural freshwater sea. — Alexandra Fuller, Travel + Leisure, "The Unexpected Lessons One Writer Learned From Returning To Her African Homeland," 21 Aug. 2020 The year-old partnership now creates a similar list of unmade scripts by AAPI writers as a way to amplify Asian American voices and reveal more complicated layers of their experience before a mainstream audience. — NBC News, "Read about the Asian American screenplays that didn't get produced," 19 June 2020 My husband sat nearby on the edge of an unmade bed strewn with children’s toys. — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, "Is the Hand Quicker Than the Zoom Window?," 15 May 2020 Read: unmade beds, piles of laundry, or the ubiquitous beige blank wall with the hint of a houseplant in the background. — Country Living, "Look! We Made Pretty Country Backgrounds for Your Zoom Calls," 27 Apr. 2020

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17 Oct 2020

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“Unmade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmade. Accessed 24 Oct. 2020.

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