unburied
adjective
un·bur·ied
ˌən-ˈber-ēd 
-ˈbe-rēd,
also -ˈbər-ēd
: not placed into the ground : not buried
an unburied corpse
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Conclusion: Agency Portals as Fragile as Cobwebs Despite Biden’s renunciation of the Trump project, many guidance documents remain unburied.
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Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
The unburied soldier comes to him and his mother in their dreams, and there are moments throughout when Hoa remarks on how much her son resembles him.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
After a short pursuit, Callihan was arrested in a wooded area near a house and the 4-year-old’s body was found unburied in the woods behind the home, according to Wade.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 14 June 2024
Two years earlier, D.C. officials had outlawed removing bodies from graves without a permit, but allowed medical schools to secure unclaimed or unburied bodies through the D.C. Health Department’s Anatomical Board.
—Claire Healy, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
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Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
The unburied soldier comes to him and his mother in their dreams, and there are moments throughout when Hoa remarks on how much her son resembles him.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
After a short pursuit, Callihan was arrested in a wooded area near a house and the 4-year-old’s body was found unburied in the woods behind the home, according to Wade.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 14 June 2024
Two years earlier, D.C. officials had outlawed removing bodies from graves without a permit, but allowed medical schools to secure unclaimed or unburied bodies through the D.C. Health Department’s Anatomical Board.
—Claire Healy, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
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“Unburied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unburied. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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