unexploded
adjective
un·ex·plod·ed
ˌən-ik-ˈsplō-dəd 
: not exploded
an unexploded bomb/shell
unexploded ammunition
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Just this year, Parsons appeared in upbeat articles on a rail safety project in Oakland, Calif.; a contract with the Air Force related to vehicles that collect unexploded ordnance; and software for communication and coordination on the battlefield for the Department of Defense, among others.
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Heather Newman, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Here’s a representative clip from the 1967 Christmas episode of The Dean Martin Show, in which Newhart does a routine about a bomb-squad officer taking a call from an underling who’s found an unexploded shell.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 19 July 2024
An unexploded projectile stuck on the roof of a house following fighting between Myanmar’s military and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in Nam Hpat Kar, Kutkai township in Myanmar's northern Shan State, on Feb. 4, 2024.STR/AFP/Getty Images
After the fall — what comes next?
—Koh Ewe, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
Following the incident, the Lebanese Army announced plans to detonate unexploded ordnance in the Aaraya area of Mount Lebanon.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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Heather Newman, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Here’s a representative clip from the 1967 Christmas episode of The Dean Martin Show, in which Newhart does a routine about a bomb-squad officer taking a call from an underling who’s found an unexploded shell.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 19 July 2024
An unexploded projectile stuck on the roof of a house following fighting between Myanmar’s military and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in Nam Hpat Kar, Kutkai township in Myanmar's northern Shan State, on Feb. 4, 2024.STR/AFP/Getty Images
After the fall — what comes next?
—Koh Ewe, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
Following the incident, the Lebanese Army announced plans to detonate unexploded ordnance in the Aaraya area of Mount Lebanon.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Unexploded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unexploded. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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