Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of unbury
- not comparableNot having been buried.
In the direction away from the pit I saw, beyond a red-covered wall, a patch of garden ground unburied.
1895–1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, chapter 2, in The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, published 1898, →OCLC, book I (The Coming of the Martians), page 63 more examples
Titus, unkind and careless of thine own, Why suffer’st thou thy sons, unburied yet, To hover on the dreadful shore of Styx?
c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]1696, Arthur Gorges (translator), “The SYRENS, or Pleasures” in The Wisdom of the Ancients (De Sapientia Veterum, 1609) by Francis Bacon, p. 95, And so great were the mischiefs they did, that these Isles of the Syrens, even as far off as Man can ken them, appeared all over white with the Bones of unburied Carcasses.
In the first place, I desire, that my body may lie unburied three days after my decease, or till the pleasure of my father be known concerning it.
1748, [Samuel Richardson], chapter 86, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC, page 298
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot buried
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek ἄταφος
- ἄταφος (átaphos)not having been buried
German unbegraben
- unbegrabennot having been buried
Greek άθαφτος
- άθαφτος (áthaftos)not having been buried
Hungarian temetetlen
- temetetlennot having been buried
Latin insepultus, intumulatus
- insepultusnot having been buried
- intumulatusnot having been buried
Cite this entry
unburied. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unburied
“unburied.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unburied. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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