unturned

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ turned.

Adjective

unturned (not generally comparable, comparative more unturned, superlative most unturned)

  1. Not turned.
    • 1873, Julian Hawthorne, chapter 5, in Bressant:
      oman's loveliness had heretofore been an unturned page in the young man's life.
    • 2021 August 25, Tassanee Vejpongsa, “Video sparks arrest of Thai police in drug suspect's death”, in The Washington Post, retrieved 2021-08-26:
      “This case of police torture and murder is shocking. But this is not the first case and it is unlikely to be the last case until and unless the police conduct serious interrogations and investigations and leave no stones unturned,” said Sunai Phasuk, a senior researcher for Human Rights Watch.

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