Etymology
Origin of unhandled
Example Sentences
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Like the other objects evoked, the toys have solidity, but, by emphasising their unhandled coldness, the poet flips them into mystery.
From The Guardian • Apr. 15, 2013
To signal his own decency, Bradley makes a show of presenting himself honestly, unhandled by handlers.
From Time Magazine Archive
But George's argument was that when you see Clinton unhandled and unproduced, people like him.
From Time Magazine Archive
It seems strange that the great store of treasure which he opened to us should have been unhandled and unknown so long.
From My Contemporaries In Fiction by Murray, David Christie
Cardinal Campeius Is stolen away to Rome; hath ta'en no leave; He's left the cause o' the King unhandled, and Is posted, as the agent of our Cardinal, To second all his plot.
From King Henry VIII by Shakespeare, William
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