unturned

Examples

• All

• No stone is left unturned.

  Academic text (2001)

• It agitates me to even suspect some stone was left unturned.

  Blog text (22)

• Here the earth lay like solid rock beneath his fingers: hard-packed, unturned, frozen winter earth, not the earth on which he and the woman and the boy slept; not that earth, a different earth.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Romney made a huge mistake not including her because when you are running against a race baiter and an Alinsky-type politician, you leave no stone unturned!

  Blog text (17)

• The detective ensured that every clue remained unturned during the investigation.

• The chef left no ingredient unturned in his quest to perfect the recipe.

Synonyms

U

unshifted

vsunturned

5.0

Not moved or changed from where it was before

includes also having the same angle and lacking any movement or change

U

undisplaced

vsunturned

• Specialized

7.1

Still in its original place after injury or impact

is broader and also covers flipping or change not only staying aligned

U

unrotated

vsunturned

4.5

Kept in its original position without being turned

refers more widely to no movement or change rather than only lacking spin

U

untransformed

vsunturned

5.2

Not changed from its original form or state

concerns physical position and includes not being moved over or spun

U

untilted

vsunturned

3.0

In a level position and not leaning to one side

is about any lack of movement or change including flipping or spin

Idioms

L

to leave no stone unturned

• Informal

8 4.4

Try every possible way and search everywhere to achieve a goal

How Moved

overturned

3.6

tilted

2.5

unturned

1 4.8

stationary

46 2.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology