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uneaten

uneaten

5 1.0
Food that no one has eaten yet
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈiːtən/
: no comido
  • Nawaf was still in the bathroom, and the sandwiches they had ordered were still on the table, uneaten.
  • uneaten food
  • uneaten sandwich
  • uneaten meal

I cannot believe that Donald Trump would have two uneaten Starbursts in his pocket.

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Examples

  • It's always a tragedy when a pizza goes uneaten.

  • Outside, the daily bag of uneaten muffins sits by the trash.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • But many fruits end up on the forest floor uneaten.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Both men stare at the uneaten food on their plates.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Then Emma notices a bowl of uneaten cat food.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • The entrees have been served: mostly uneaten, they remain beautiful works of culinary art.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Joseph sat back, his feet dangling from the aeroplane seat, and looked at the largely uneaten food on the tray.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Louis and Lestat are sitting at a sumptuous table, piled with uneaten food.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Trays of uneaten food pile up, whiteboards become colored with scribbled questions.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • It's always a tragedy when a pizza goes uneaten.

Synonyms

untouched
vsuneaten
8 2.1

Not eaten or drunk and still left as it was

focuses on food not consumed rather than items kept in original condition
unconsumed
vsuneaten
1 4.5

Something left because no one ate or used it

is limited to food contexts rather than general unused objects
untasted
vsuneaten
1 7.8

Not yet tried by eating or drinking

refers to food that has not been consumed rather than merely not tried by tasting

How Eaten

to devour
53 3.9
to eat
∞ 1.0
uneaten
5 1.0

Surface Forms

uneaten positive

Morphology

uneaten = eaten (transparent) = un + eat + en

The word 'uneaten' is transparently derived from 'eaten' by adding the prefix 'un-', indicating the negation of the state of being eaten.

Etymology

Uneaten is made from the part un- meaning 'not' and the verb eat, so it describes food that is 'not eaten'.