单词 | unmined |
释义 | unminedadj. That has not been mined (in various senses). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [adjective] > mined > not unmined1831 1831 J. Rennie Archit. Birds ii. 21 It never scratches up the unmined sand or disturbs the plane of the floor. 1845 E. A. Poe in Broadway Jrnl. 4 Jan. 5/2 The reader will suffer the most valuable ore to remain unmined to all eternity. 1895 Chambers's Jrnl. 12 629/1 The coal in the country still unmined and available for future use..was then 146,000 million tons. 1916 Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 79/1 There is a reserve of unmined coal.., of which two-thirds are in the eastern United States. 1960 Changing Times Nov. 43 (heading) Men make & lose fortunes trading in unplanted soybeans, unmined lead, unlaid eggs. 1980 Newsweek (U.S) (Nexis) 28 July 32/2 One of the few unmined places along the disputed frontier. 2010 Independent 13 Dec. (Viewspaper section) 7/2 They are able to tap, in someone like me, a once quite unmined love for most things classical. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1831 |
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