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undecomposed

undecomposed adjective: not decomposed.

Adjective

undecomposed (comparative more undecomposed, superlative most undecomposed)

  1. Not decomposed.
    • […] Labaud’s body had been cast ashore, undecomposed enough to show what had happened to him […]1929, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 6, in The Dain Curse, New York: Vintage, published 1972, page 49

Forms of undecomposed

comparativemore undecomposed
superlativemost undecomposed

Origin of undecomposed

From un- + decomposed.

Questions about undecomposed

What does undecomposed mean?
Undecomposed means not decomposed.
What part of speech is undecomposed?
Undecomposed is an adjective.

Words near undecomposed in the dictionary

  1. undecoic acid
  2. undecolic acid
  3. undecolonized
  4. undecomposability
  5. undecomposable
  6. undecomposed
  7. undecompounded
  8. undeconstructable
  9. undeconstructed
  10. undeconstructible
  11. undeconvolved

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