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unexposed

adjective
un·​ex·​posed | \ ˌən-ik-ˈspōzd How to pronounce unexposed (audio) \

Definition of unexposed

: not exposed a sheltered area unexposed to the wind especially : not subjected to radiant energy unexposed film

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Per Scientific American’s Jennifer Leman, these eggs began vibrating and continued to do so upon reuniting with their siblings, ensuring that unexposed clutchmates whose sense of hearing had yet to develop also received the alarm. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, "Unhatched Bird Embryos Communicate With Siblings by Vibrating Their Shells," 23 July 2019 Grandfathers have thus been put on notice to stay unexposed—even as summer temperatures climb higher and higher. Natasha Frost, Quartzy, "Belly-baring Chinese men have been told to cover up in the city of Jinan," 6 July 2019 While Kelly’s formal, abstract geometries investigated how things look, Fisher’s suggest unexposed narratives. Christopher Knight, latimes.com, "Review: In ‘COLA 2019,’ the city of L.A. gives its artists a place to sound off," 18 June 2019 Perhaps steppe peoples acquired plague, developed some immunity with exposure, and transmitted it to unexposed European farmers, thereby decimating them. Jared Diamond, New York Times, "A Brand-New Version of Our Origin Story," 20 Apr. 2018 Changing weather patterns altered the range of insects that carried pathogens, bringing new and deadly ailments to the previously unexposed. Dagomar Degroot, Washington Post, "Some places flourished in the Little Ice Age. There are lessons for us now.," 19 Feb. 2018 Per Scientific American’s Jennifer Leman, these eggs began vibrating and continued to do so upon reuniting with their siblings, ensuring that unexposed clutchmates whose sense of hearing had yet to develop also received the alarm. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, "Unhatched Bird Embryos Communicate With Siblings by Vibrating Their Shells," 23 July 2019 Grandfathers have thus been put on notice to stay unexposed—even as summer temperatures climb higher and higher. Natasha Frost, Quartzy, "Belly-baring Chinese men have been told to cover up in the city of Jinan," 6 July 2019 While Kelly’s formal, abstract geometries investigated how things look, Fisher’s suggest unexposed narratives. Christopher Knight, latimes.com, "Review: In ‘COLA 2019,’ the city of L.A. gives its artists a place to sound off," 18 June 2019

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First Known Use of unexposed

circa 1691, in the meaning defined above

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