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- adjective Not
invaded .
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Examples
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For so you must allow me to call you, after your being so kind as to send me so valuable and agreeable a present as your translation of Horace (490) -- I wish compliment had left any term uninvaded, Of which sincerity could make use without suspicion.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 Horace Walpole 1757
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"uninvaded" lakes and lakes inhabited by zebra mussels, increasing the number of natural lakes considered vulnerable to zebra mussel invasion by 50 percent.
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And the noise: Where she had felt a peace before in this silent uninvaded world, now the cistern echoed with a modulating roar.
The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010
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And the noise: Where she had felt a peace before in this silent uninvaded world, now the cistern echoed with a modulating roar.
The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010
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And the noise: Where she had felt a peace before in this silent uninvaded world, now the cistern echoed with a modulating roar.
The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010
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But the point is that it happened and it is indicative of two simple facts of life under the Islamic Republic today: men and women unapologetically enjoy each other's company, and, even as intimidation and penalties loom, they're quite public about their desire to live contemporary, uninvaded lives.
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Naturally I know about Varroa mite, as the island of Hawaii was until recently the last place uninvaded by Varroa, and was exporting queens worldwide to replace decimated colonies.
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In teen comedies from "American Pie" to "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" to "Road Trip" no orifice goes uninvaded, no bodily substance goes untasted, no obscenity is left unsaid.
Gross And Grosser 2008
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Her back was towards me; and Miss Rawlins, by pulling her sleeve, giving intimation of my being there — Can I have no retirement uninvaded, Sir, said she, with indignation, as if she were interrupted in some talk her heart was in? —
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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Sir, that I expect to be uninvaded in my retirements.
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
qroqqa commented on the word uninvaded
His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep
The Kraken sleepeth
—Tennyson, 'The Kraken Wakes'
Also grammatically interesting: the noun phrase 'his ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep' is the topicalized cognate object of 'sleepeth'.
July 15, 2008