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unopened

(ʌnˈəʊpənd)
adj
closed, barred, or sealed: an unopened bottle of whisky.
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Adj.1.unopened - not yet opened or unsealedunopened - not yet opened or unsealed; "unopened Christmas presents"
sealed - closed or secured with or as if with a seal; "my lips are sealed"; "the package is still sealed"; "the premises are sealed"
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unopened

[ˈʌnˈəʊpənd] ADJsin abrir
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

unopened

[ˌʌnˈəʊpənd] adj [bottle, envelope] → non ouvert(e)
She put the letters aside unopened → Elle mit les lettres de côté sans les ouvrir.
to lie unopened [letter] → rester dans son enveloppe
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

unopened

adjungeöffnet
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unopened

[ʌnˈəʊpnd] adj (letter) → chiuso/a; (present) → ancora incartato/a; (bottle, tin) → non aperto/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

unopened

a. cerrado-a, tapado-a, sin abrir.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
References in classic literature ?
She chucked the letter back to me unopened, and kicked me out of the house, morally, not physically, although not far off it."
"That we touch not," quoth Robin, "for this Quentin is an honest fellow, who hath risen by his own thrift." So the bales of silk were laid aside unopened.
Any more letters from Miss Vanstone will be returned unopened. Any personal application will produce an immediate appeal to the protection of the law.
At length Richard found time to cast his eyes on the direction of the letter, which he still held unopened, crumpling it in his hand.
As I had been scrutinizing this weird monstrosity the balance of the herd had fed quite close to me and I now saw that while many had the smaller specimens dangling from them, not all were thus equipped, and I further noted that the little ones varied in size from what appeared to be but tiny unopened buds an inch in diameter through various stages of development to the full-fledged and perfectly formed creature of ten to twelve inches in length.
This chamber changed for one more holy, This bed for one more melancholy, I pray to God that she may lie Forever with unopened eye, While the dim sheeted ghosts go by!
To natural means alone we are confined; let us try therefore what, by these means, may be done for poor Jones; though to confess the truth, something whispers me in the ear that he doth not yet know the worst of his fortune; and that a more shocking piece of news than any he hath yet heard remains for him in the unopened leaves of fate.
Franklin Blake, you will anticipate the sad news I have to tell you, on finding your letter to Ezra Jennings returned to you, unopened, in this enclosure.
I'm off!" I broke the seal with a great effort-- so great a one that I was a long time coming to it; took the unopened missive at last up to my room and only attacked it just before going to bed.
Piles of letters came every day, which he left unopened upon his study table.
Hilda sat down by the table with the letter in her hand, still unopened. She looked at it intently, turned it over, and felt its thickness with her fingers.
Clara laid her newspaper aside, unopened, on the garden seat.