Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not sifted; not separated by a sieve. Not critically examined; untried.

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  • adjective Not having been sifted.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ sifted

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Examples

  • Measure out the flour (unsifted) by leveling off dry measuring cups, and add the flour to large bowl.

    Archive 2009-05-01 2009

  • Nelson's work is as filled with unsifted layers of association as it is with the physical evidence of unlived lives.

    Venice Biennale: Mike Nelson's British Pavilion – review 2011

  • The true graham cracker is made withgraham flour, which is unsifted and coarsely ground wheat flour.

    Graham cracker | clusterflock 2009

  • Measure out the flour (unsifted) by leveling off dry measuring cups, and add the flour to large bowl.

    "Bubby's" Asparagus-Cheddar Quiche 2009

  • As Maggie Jackson puts it, We are allowing ourselves to be ever-more entranced by the unsifted trivia of life.

    Be Excellent at Anything Tony Schwartz 2010

  • As Maggie Jackson puts it, We are allowing ourselves to be ever-more entranced by the unsifted trivia of life.

    Be Excellent at Anything Tony Schwartz 2010

  • As a result, I encountered something rare in Shakespeare studies: archival material that was unsifted and in some cases unknown.

    "Contested Will" 2010

  • As Maggie Jackson puts it, We are allowing ourselves to be ever-more entranced by the unsifted trivia of life.

    The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working Tony Schwartz 2010

  • As a result, I encountered something rare in Shakespeare studies: archival material that was unsifted and in some cases unknown.

    "Contested Will" 2010

  • As a result, I encountered something rare in Shakespeare studies: archival material that was unsifted and in some cases unknown.

    "Contested Will" 2010

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