unexploded
adjective
un·ex·plod·ed
ˌən-ik-ˈsplō-dəd 
: not exploded
an unexploded bomb/shell
unexploded ammunition
Examples of unexploded in a Sentence
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Just last month, magnet fishermen pulled an unexploded ordnance from the Charles River in Massachusetts, just a few days after one was found in the same area, CBS Boston reported.
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CBS News, 24 Apr. 2024
Marape pointed out that residents live in daily fear of being killed by unexploded ordnance.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 22 Apr. 2024
An article on Saturday about the co-founder of a group that works to deactivate unexploded bombs left behind by the Vietnam War referred imprecisely to an arm injury Ho Van Lai sustained in a cluster bomb explosion.
—New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Bodies lay decomposing in the hospital's dirt courtyard, which was laden with unexploded ordnance.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 6 Apr. 2024
Tens of thousands of unexploded ordnance have been removed, but more remain.
—Anna Rabemanantsoa, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2024
Your boyfriend wasn’t afraid to approach his mom, where the parent to beware is one who must be handled like unexploded ordnance.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
Chuck Searcy has spent decades of his life redressing a deadly legacy of America’s war in Vietnam: unexploded ordnance.
—Seth Mydans, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
There had been some research testing how drones could be used to identify unexploded ordinances, but not much.
—Justin Ling, WIRED, 19 Feb. 2024
CBS News, 24 Apr. 2024
Marape pointed out that residents live in daily fear of being killed by unexploded ordnance.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 22 Apr. 2024
An article on Saturday about the co-founder of a group that works to deactivate unexploded bombs left behind by the Vietnam War referred imprecisely to an arm injury Ho Van Lai sustained in a cluster bomb explosion.
—New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Bodies lay decomposing in the hospital's dirt courtyard, which was laden with unexploded ordnance.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 6 Apr. 2024
Tens of thousands of unexploded ordnance have been removed, but more remain.
—Anna Rabemanantsoa, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2024
Your boyfriend wasn’t afraid to approach his mom, where the parent to beware is one who must be handled like unexploded ordnance.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
Chuck Searcy has spent decades of his life redressing a deadly legacy of America’s war in Vietnam: unexploded ordnance.
—Seth Mydans, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
There had been some research testing how drones could be used to identify unexploded ordinances, but not much.
—Justin Ling, WIRED, 19 Feb. 2024
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“Unexploded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unexploded. Accessed 9 May. 2024.
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