unexploded
Speech parts
1. unexploded - Adjective
2. unexploded - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
still capable of exploding or being fired
Source: WordNetSynonyms
Antonyms
Show all antonymsExamples
Do not fear what has blown up. If you must, fear the unexploded.
I asked a Burmese why women, after centuries of following their men, now walk ahead. He said there were many unexploded land mines since the war.
undischarged ammunition
an unexploded bomb
After World War II, much of the Naval Air Station was demolished, with some of the materials piled up and burned on the atoll, dumped into the lagoon, or in the case of unexploded ordnance on some islets, just left in place.
Although widely used in naval warfare, and in anti-air guns, both the British and Americans feared unexploded proximity fuses would be reverse engineered leading to them limiting its use in continental battles.