unrefrigerated
adjective
un·re·frig·er·at·ed
ˌən-ri-ˈfri-jə-ˌrā-təd 
: not refrigerated: such as
a
: not kept frozen or chilled for preservation
food that was left unrefrigerated for too long
b
: not equipped to provide refrigeration
unrefrigerated containers
Examples of unrefrigerated in a Sentence
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The Food and Drug Administration recommends tossing any eggs that were left unrefrigerated for more than 2 hours — and if temperatures were above 90 degrees, they should be thrown away after one hour.
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Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2024
National Motor Museum/Heritage Images via Getty Images Short range and slow speeds weren’t a problem, as a milk round (on an unrefrigerated, open-sided truck) wasn’t long, and the comparatively smooth electric ride meant there was less chance of bottles breaking en route.
—Hazel Southwell, Ars Technica, 28 July 2023
Salmonella infections are most common in the summer, when warm weather and unrefrigerated foods create ideal conditions for the bacteria to grow.
—Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 25 Oct. 2023
There’s a little wooden flute, a model of the prison on Robben Island that held Nelson Mandela (the film’s humor has aged like unrefrigerated milk).
—Melvin Backman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
Bodies in various states of decomposition — some possibly there since March 2022 — were found unrefrigerated at the facility, officials said.
—Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 16 Aug. 2023
Boats harvest in huge quantities, and when fish holds fill up, sometimes the catch has to sit on deck, unrefrigerated, before it’s delivered to processors.
—Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2023
The unrefrigerated bodies were found in various states of decomposition, and some had been at the funeral home since March. Clark County Prosecutor Jeremy Mull said the many charges against Lankford and existing court backups from the COVID-19 pandemic complicated the process.
—CBS News, 27 May 2023
The unrefrigerated bodies were in various states of decomposition, and police alleged the longest had been stored there since March.
—Caleb Wiegandt, The Courier-Journal, 26 May 2023
Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2024
National Motor Museum/Heritage Images via Getty Images Short range and slow speeds weren’t a problem, as a milk round (on an unrefrigerated, open-sided truck) wasn’t long, and the comparatively smooth electric ride meant there was less chance of bottles breaking en route.
—Hazel Southwell, Ars Technica, 28 July 2023
Salmonella infections are most common in the summer, when warm weather and unrefrigerated foods create ideal conditions for the bacteria to grow.
—Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 25 Oct. 2023
There’s a little wooden flute, a model of the prison on Robben Island that held Nelson Mandela (the film’s humor has aged like unrefrigerated milk).
—Melvin Backman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
Bodies in various states of decomposition — some possibly there since March 2022 — were found unrefrigerated at the facility, officials said.
—Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 16 Aug. 2023
Boats harvest in huge quantities, and when fish holds fill up, sometimes the catch has to sit on deck, unrefrigerated, before it’s delivered to processors.
—Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2023
The unrefrigerated bodies were found in various states of decomposition, and some had been at the funeral home since March. Clark County Prosecutor Jeremy Mull said the many charges against Lankford and existing court backups from the COVID-19 pandemic complicated the process.
—CBS News, 27 May 2023
The unrefrigerated bodies were in various states of decomposition, and police alleged the longest had been stored there since March.
—Caleb Wiegandt, The Courier-Journal, 26 May 2023
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