undecomposed

English

Etymology

un- + decomposed

Adjective

undecomposed (comparative more undecomposed, superlative most undecomposed)

  1. Not decomposed.
    • 1929, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 6, in The Dain Curse, New York: Vintage, published 1972, page 49:
      [] Labaud’s body had been cast ashore, undecomposed enough to show what had happened to him []
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