unpierced

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ pierced

Adjective[edit]

unpierced (not comparable)

  1. not pierced
    • 1885, Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete[1]:
      There was not one of these left standing unpierced by bullets.
    • 2006 June 23, Michael Miner, “There Oughta Be a Law; Small Victories”, in Chicago Reader[2]:
      When he was rushed back to the hospital two weeks ago the Sun-Times referred to the unpierced "veil of secrecy" that has surrounded him since his stroke in March.

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