unrottenadj.

c1410 tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 149 In þe dayes of þis emperour was i-founde at Rome þe body of Pallantes, unroten and incorupt [L. incorruptum].

1574 R. Scot Perfite Platforme of Hoppe Garden 33 Rather vse no dung than vnrotten dunge about the dressing of your Hoppes.

1683 J. Reid Scots Gard'ner ii. ii Let not the root of any tree stand on..unrotten-manure.

1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 36 Since Friends grow not thick on ev'ry Bough, Nor every Friend unrotten at the Core.

1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry II. 20 The yet un-rotten straw might be apt to clog the shares of the drill.

1834 Essex Standard 22 Aug. Whole fields having been given up, as the few that remained unrotten would not pay the cost of harvesting.

1863 H. W. Beecher Freedom & War ix. 218 It is a comfort and a consolation to have an unrotten man in that chair at Washington.

1916 J. Masefield Sonnets & Poems 6 The mirroring glass In which it sees its glory still unrotten.

1997 W. Zhang in G. J. Wen & D. Xu Reformability China's State Sector ii. v. 77 The rotten tomatoes..will still be demanded if their prices can be lowered. For those which are partially rotten, the unrotten part can be used.