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unburied

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Not having been buried.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 1696, Arthur Gorges (translator), “The SYRENS, or Pleasures” in The Wisdom of the Ancients (De Sapientia Veterum, 1609) by Francis Bacon, p. 95, And so great were the mischiefs they did, that these Isles of the Syrens, even as far off as Man can ken them, appeared all over white with the Bones of unburied Carcasses.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of unbury

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

not buried

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: buried

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • German: unbegraben — not having been buried
  • Greek: άθαφτος (áthaftos) — not having been buried
  • Ancient Greek: ἄταφος (átaphos) — not having been buried
  • Hungarian: temetetlen — not having been buried
  • Latin: insepultus — not having been buried
  • Latin: intumulatus — not having been buried
  • Manx: gyn oanluckey — not having been buried
  • Manx: neuoanluckit — not having been buried