How to Use uneaten in a Sentence

uneaten

adjective

• About 40% of the food marked for consumption in the U.S. goes uneaten.
  — Mackensy Lunsford, USA TODAY, 6 July 2022
• To nuns who never let uneaten food from home be thrown away at lunch.
  — ELLE, 6 July 2022
• But after the feast is done, piles of food scraps and uneaten leftovers find their way into the garbage.
  — London Gibson, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2020
• While one parent wrangles the kid outside, the other can wrap uneaten food and take care of the bill.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
• The seat between us was empty, and the lunch placed there remained uneaten.
  — Roger Robinson, Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2020
• The next morning the bobcat returned to cache uneaten eggs in the ground to consume at a later date.
  — New York Times, 28 Mar. 2022
• There was uneaten room service food but drinks had been consumed, the chief said.
  — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 17 July 2024
• Songbirds also get rid of uneaten food, dead nestlings, and eggshells in their nests, Guigueno says.
  — Barry Mansell, National Geographic, 8 Apr. 2016
• Songbirds also get rid of uneaten food, dead nestlings, and eggshells in their nests, Guigueno says.
  — Barry Mansell, National Geographic, 8 Apr. 2016
• An uneaten sandwich is on Gillum’s desk and his boots are under it.
  — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 3 July 2022
• People who have bought the cheese are advised to throw it away uneaten and to clean and sanitize any surface the cheese touched.
  — Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 1 Oct. 2022
• And the patty should be bigger, to avoid creating a slippery mess and a pile of uneaten bread nubs.
  — Zoe Sayler, The Seattle Times, 3 July 2018
• The line has paid close attention to what goes uneaten as part of efforts to reduce food waste.
  — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2024
• Six years ago, Tessa Clarke was packing up her home in Switzerland when the movers told her to toss all her uneaten food.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2021
• Guilt, frustration, the haunting of meals uneaten, all of it bubbles to the surface.
  — Becky Krystal, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• All the uneaten food waste costs Americans over $200 billion each year, and two-thirds of that comes from households.
  — Dean Peterson, Vox, 22 June 2018
• And trash and uneaten food are strewn about everywhere.
  — oregonlive, 14 May 2021
• The home showed signs of a swift departure: uneaten bowls of popcorn on the futon, vegetables left out to rot.
  — Alene Tchekmedyian, latimes.com, 10 June 2019
• School projects are still plastered on the walls; books are strewn on tables; apples sit uneaten in the cafeteria.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2024
• Each year, just short of 4.2 trillion gallons of water were used to produce all this uneaten food.
  — Karen Kaplan, latimes.com, 19 Apr. 2018
• Later, Leo and Becca go to have their heart-to-heart chat over yet another uneaten meal.
  — Melissa Locker, Time, 4 July 2018
• Store any uneaten muffins in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2019
• Do not leave uneaten pet food or scraps near your residence.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 14 Sep. 2023
• There was no trace of any struggle at the crime scene except for Patrice's uneaten lunch, and her car was parked unusually.
  — Bianca Rodriguez, Marie Claire, 9 July 2020
• Overall, Blount said, 30% of edible food in the United States goes uneaten each year.
  — Chicago Tribune, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2024
• But even on a smaller scale, allowing food to spoil or go uneaten can hurt your budget.
  — Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 12 Jan. 2023
• Peas make a lovely side dish, and should you be left with any uneaten, take inspiration from this recipe and blend them into a pesto.
  — Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2021
• Some buffets jack up their prices on weekends or charge customers for uneaten food.
  — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
• Meanwhile, my older son has brought home the same shriveled, uneaten orange for two years.
  — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2019
• Bottles, bags and uneaten food were found in an unoccupied brick house on the property, Andrade said.
  — Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2024

Last Updated: 4 Dec 2024