unhealed
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The youngster suffered "significant blood loss" in a procedure which ultimately left his right hip wrongly aligned and his left hip unstable and unhealed.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026
"A missing patch of hair isn't a threat to an animal, but an unhealed wound is."
From Science Daily • Nov. 7, 2025
With her leaving, that opened up really deep, unhealed wounds for me.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025
She credits therapy, lots of it, for inspiring the plot that led to “How to Die Alone,” referring to it many times as “a love letter to the unhealed version of myself.”
From Salon • Sep. 27, 2024
He had worried for her, that she might become hunched and lame, as people did when their wounds went unhealed.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
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