unassembled

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Recent Examples of unassembled Like the humongous going-out-of-business furniture store where Mother, Couch takes place, the movie is a collection of intriguing pieces that mostly sit there unassembled or out of context, their potential unfulfilled. Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2023 Altogether, 53 An-124s were built (including the prototype), with parts for two more left unassembled. Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 22 Apr. 2023 These stands normally come unassembled with tons of screws, washers, nuts, and bolts. Travis Smola, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023 San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin filed suit in August against three major manufacturers and shippers of the unassembled guns, seeking to halt their sales in a city where such weapons accounted for nearly half the guns recovered from homicides sites last year. Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Oct. 2021 See All Example Sentences for unassembled
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unassembled
Adjective
  • In 2019, Scio refashioned the 48-room property, which includes a centuries-old, unfinished watchtower, into a stylish resort with modern sensibilities.
    Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2025
  • AllianceBernstein took back the asset in its unfinished state from developer Stockdale Capital Partners after a public auction that garnered no bids.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Amid mass reticence, An Unfinished Film is an essential yet incomplete outlet for unprocessed trauma.
    Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Carroll scored on its first five offensive possessions, and possibly would have been six, but Renda’s second-and-goal pass was incomplete in the end zone as time expired in the first half.
    Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • When Taofeek was taken from us in 1999, his school uniform, bag, and shoes were discovered by what was then an uncompleted building.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Given his erratic career, punctuated by long hiatuses and abounding in uncompleted, delayed, and jinxed projects—his filmography teems with the abject terms inachevé and non tourné (unfinished and unmade)—the final verdict remains inconclusive.
    James Quandt, The New York Review of Books, 31 July 2025

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“Unassembled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unassembled. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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