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unearthed

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for unearthed.

Editorial note

As part of the background check for some government positions, many dark secrets are unearthed and documented.

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Quick take

Not electrically earthed.

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

Not electrically earthed.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for unearthed.

adjective

Not electrically earthed.

Example sentences

1

As part of the background check for some government positions, many dark secrets are unearthed and documented.

2

History surrounding those scrolls (after unearthed) is as interesting, if not more, than what probably lies in the scrolls themselves.

3

Given that the unearthed program is a decade and a half old, I definitely get that feeling.

4

Unearth is also strange word choice, considering it was unearthed in a warehouse.

5

I have used Pitest at work, it is very good and on more than one occasion it unearthed wanting tests.

6

They don't add to a huge trove of new, previously unearthed knowledge for me, but I don't really think that's the point.

7

Further discussion unearthed seven more different Python implementations.

8

If they are not, this situation can lead to serious problems, especially if the problems are first unearthed during due diligence in the course of a funding or acquisition.

9

Do not just fill out an online form, have it notarized and filed in a safe deposit box to be unearthed when you meet your end, timely or otherwise.

10

Wow, so many memories you've just unearthed.

11

I recently unearthed the code I wrote at school in 1996 which implemented a 3D Gouraud-shaded renderer that managed ~1000 triangles/sec on a 33MHz 486.

12

When you are a public figure of any kind, your personal values will either be exposed as soon as you are given a microphone or they will be unearthed later.

Quote examples

1

I love that it's "there are only 50 of these rare orchids that live their whole lives underground left!", next to photos of one being unearthed and exposed to the air.

2

I'm picturing the NSA engineers laughing at the "advanced hacking" Kaspersky just unearthed, meanwhile working on stuff that would blow our mind and that we'll only discover 20 years from now.

3

The link posted by twoodfin says this: "He has a history of aggressive behavior," said Navajo County Attorney Carlyon, whose investigators unearthed police reports relating to John in Alabama, Illinois and California.

4

So, congratulations, you picked an extremely good example and unearthed some crazy Perl arcana, and possibly a bug (there's some open, longstanding tickets regarding glob bugs[1][2], which seem to boil down to "we're doing what we can to make it better, but we're hampered by backwards compatibility and weird semantics").

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use unearthed in a sentence?

As part of the background check for some government positions, many dark secrets are unearthed and documented.

What does unearthed mean?

Not electrically earthed.

What part of speech is unearthed?

unearthed is commonly used as adjective.