unfired
adjective
un·fired ˌən-ˈfī(-ə)rd 
: not fired
an unfired rifle
especially : not baked in a kiln
unfired clay pots
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The blended wing body design basically looks like a traditional tube and wing aircraft if the plane were made out of unfired clay and someone stepped on it, smushing the fuselage and wing into a single, thick body. 
Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 9 July 2022 Putin may very well decide this is one weapon best left unfired. Matt Egan, CNN, 1 Mar. 2022 Four slug shell casings and an unfired buckshot round were found by a gas pump, while six 10mm shell casings were discovered where the Impala had been. John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 1 Dec. 2021 The exhibition’s principal and most moving work consists of thousands of unfired clay beads that have been strung in a labyrinthine pattern from the ceiling. Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2021 Magdolene Dykstra, a second-generation Egyptian Canadian, works in unfired clay to create sophisticated sculpture paintings. Briana Miller, oregonlive, 12 Jan. 2021 Kannauj produces these, as well as the dramatic attar mitti, which evokes the scent of earth after a rainfall and is made with shards of unfired Ganges clay. Travel, 4 Jan. 2021 In 10-percent ordnance gelatin, this bullet will penetrate as deep as two feet, and the front portion will expand to twice the width of the unfired bullet. Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 25 Dec. 2020 Haig’s fingerprints were found on unfired bullets in Paddock’s hotel suite, and ammunition also bore tool marks consistent with Haig’s reloading equipment, authorities said. Washington Post, 30 June 2020 See More
Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 9 July 2022 Putin may very well decide this is one weapon best left unfired. Matt Egan, CNN, 1 Mar. 2022 Four slug shell casings and an unfired buckshot round were found by a gas pump, while six 10mm shell casings were discovered where the Impala had been. John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 1 Dec. 2021 The exhibition’s principal and most moving work consists of thousands of unfired clay beads that have been strung in a labyrinthine pattern from the ceiling. Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2021 Magdolene Dykstra, a second-generation Egyptian Canadian, works in unfired clay to create sophisticated sculpture paintings. Briana Miller, oregonlive, 12 Jan. 2021 Kannauj produces these, as well as the dramatic attar mitti, which evokes the scent of earth after a rainfall and is made with shards of unfired Ganges clay. Travel, 4 Jan. 2021 In 10-percent ordnance gelatin, this bullet will penetrate as deep as two feet, and the front portion will expand to twice the width of the unfired bullet. Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 25 Dec. 2020 Haig’s fingerprints were found on unfired bullets in Paddock’s hotel suite, and ammunition also bore tool marks consistent with Haig’s reloading equipment, authorities said. Washington Post, 30 June 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
1590, in the meaning defined above