uneaten

Example Sentences

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The workers fled, leaving behind uneaten bowls of noodles, half-drunk cans of coke and a pungent smell.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

On a Reddit thread, one commenter said they are “putting uneaten Halloween candy in Easter eggs.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

When Mr. Sveen says wolves “ruined” 40 lambs in one night, we assume he means they were left dead and uneaten and this enrages him, not unjustifiably.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

It’s easy for parents to worry that they got it wrong when a child returns home with uneaten food, said Anet Piridzhanyan, a clinical dietitian at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2025

Some fruit rots while still containing perfectly good seeds, and gets thrown out uneaten into the garbage.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond