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unshelled

unshelled adjective: not having had the shell removed. Also the simple past and past participle of unshell.

Adjective

unshelled (not comparable)

  1. Not having had the shell removed.
    • At every table on the baseball field Friday night there were glass vases filled with unshelled peanuts, Cracker Jack and toy baseballs, with miniature bats rising like stems and capped by University of Miami batting helmets.2009 February 14, Karen Crouse, “Amid Scandal, ‘Alex Rodriguez Park’ Is Unveiled”, in New York Times
  2. Not bombarded with military shells.
    • After intelligence indicated that the Germans were using the unshelled route almost exclusively, Uniacke would quickly shift all his guns there, with disastrous effects for the Germans.2013, Spencer C. Tucker, The European Powers in the First World War: An Encyclopedia

Also used as

unshelled is also the simple past and past participle of unshell.

Origin of unshelled

From un- + shelled.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Questions about unshelled

What does unshelled mean?
Unshelled means not having had the shell removed.
What part of speech is unshelled?
Unshelled is an adjective.

Words near unshelled in the dictionary

  1. unsheeting
  2. unsheets
  3. unshell
  4. unshellable
  5. unshellacked
  6. unshelled
  7. unshelling
  8. unshells
  9. unshelterable
  10. unsheltered
  11. unshelteredness

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