unburned
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- adjective
- /ʌnˈbɜrnd/
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no quemado
- We discovered an unburned section of the forest where the fire had not yet reached.
- unburned forest
- unburned stands
Examples
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However, we apparently have enough unburned prairie nearby that the butterfly populations can absorb those losses.
Blog text (13) -
Sucker density for at least 5 years following fire was not significantly different in burned versus unburned stands, though variability in both groups was high.
Academic text (2002) -
Do whatever it takes to leave as much of that bridge unburned as possible.
Blog text (22) -
Unburned fuel between you and the fire.
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Other than a slightly blackened spot, the wall is unburned.
Fiction book (2001) -
You're upstairs on the unburned floor checking for heat.
Fiction book (1991) -
Such winter air typically retains much of the particulate matter of unburned wood smoke, thus triggering an increase in negative health impacts.
Blog text (22) -
Between 1993 and 1996, with measurements taken from the ground, airplane, and by satellite, BOREAS scientists investigated exchanges of energy, water, heat, carbon dioxide, and trace gases between a section of unburned boreal forest in Canada and the atmosphere.
Academic text (2001) -
In Yellowstone, the mosaic was of differential fire severity, and islands of unburned forest remained within the overall burn perimeters (Christensen et al. 1989, Turner et al. 1994).
Academic text (1997) -
The general effects of fire on peat swamp forest vegetation are similar to those in other forest types: burned forest has lower canopy cover, decreased species richness, and reduced tree and sapling density compared with unburned forest (Yeager et al. 2003).
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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Without any light or not burning
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Not set on fire, like logs or candles waiting to burn
Not burned or damaged by fire
Not burned by fire or strong heat
Not lit or set off, especially matches and fuses
Not burning, for example a candle
Antonyms
How Burned
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unburned is made from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and the verb burn meaning 'to be destroyed by fire'. So unburned means 'not affected or damaged by fire', for example the safe part of a house after a blaze.