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UNCONSUMED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unconsumed mean?
• UNCONSUMED (adjective)
The adjective UNCONSUMED has 1 sense:
1. not consumed
Familiarity information: UNCONSUMED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not consumed
Similar:
unexhausted (not used up completely)
Context examples
So they went indoors together and sat down, and the man brought out the bread, meat, and wine, which although he had eaten and drunk of them, were still unconsumed.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
He had been so long without money that, like a rescued starving man who cannot let the unconsumed food out of his sight, Martin could not keep his hand off the silver.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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