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unshelled

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unshelled¹

Where it comes from

From un- + shelled.

adjective

  1. not comparable Not having had the shell removed. At every table on the baseball field Friday night there were glass vases filled with unshelled peanuts, Cracker Jack and toy baseballs, with miniature bats rising like stems and capped by University of Miami batting helmets.
  2. not comparable Not bombarded with military shells. After intelligence indicated that the Germans were using the unshelled route almost exclusively, Uniacke would quickly shift all his guns there, with disastrous effects for the Germans.

unshelled²

Where it comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of unshell

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MLA

"unshelled." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/unshelled. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

unshelled. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/unshelled

Chicago

"unshelled." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/unshelled.

BibTeX
@misc{unshelled_2026,
  title = {unshelled},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unshelled},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}