Definitions
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unburned .
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- adjective Not
burnt orburned .
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Examples
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The ordinary wooden houses, with their high sloping roofs, gradually gave place to flat-roofed huts, built of a peculiar kind of unburnt bricks, composed of mud and straw.
Russia Donald Mackenzie Wallace 1880
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Even with a small amount of unburnt tobacco clinging to it, a single cigarette butt soaked for a day is enough to turn a liter of water a sickly yellow brown and kill 50 percent of fish swimming in it.
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I loved what it did to the middle, unburnt pie crust (crispy sweetness), so next time I would pull the pie out with about 10 minutes to go and brush the butter on and sprinkle the sugar.
Archive 2009-06-01 Laura 2009
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Every atom of carbon in gasoline must end up either as COX (CO or CO2) or as unburnt hydrocarbons (a negligible portion ends up as soot on your tailpipe or otherwise trapped in the vehicle).
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Parked Mustang Test of Environmental Progress 2010
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I loved what it did to the middle, unburnt pie crust (crispy sweetness), so next time I would pull the pie out with about 10 minutes to go and brush the butter on and sprinkle the sugar.
Family Recipes: Susan's Sour Cherry Pie Laura 2009
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Every atom of carbon in gasoline must end up either as COX (CO or CO2) or as unburnt hydrocarbons (a negligible portion ends up as soot on your tailpipe or otherwise trapped in the vehicle).
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Parked Mustang Test of Environmental Progress 2010
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We still have to explain the unburnt nanothermite.
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Even with a small amount of unburnt tobacco clinging to it, a single cigarette butt soaked for a day is enough to turn a liter of water a sickly yellow brown and kill 50 percent of fish swimming in it.
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Last time we talked about this was at unburnt thermite.
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In that great oblong of ash, gray and long as an enormous grave, the unburnt body of Hana lay hidden from view.
Blood Ninja II Nick Lake 2010
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