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Unturned

Unturned \Un*turned"\, a. [Pref. un- + turned.] Not turned; not revolved or reversed.

To leave no stone unturned, to leave nothing untried for accomplishing one's purpose.

[He] left unturned no stone To make my guilt appear, and hide his own.
--Dryden.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
unturned

1540s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of turn (v.).

Wiktionary
unturned

a. Not turned.

WordNet
unturned

adj. not turned; "left no stone unturned" [ant: turned]

Wikipedia
Unturned

Unturned is an indie, free-to-play, zombie-themed survival game designed by Nelson Sexton, the owner and founder of Smartly Dressed Games.

Usage examples of "unturned".

My thankfulness that she had misconceived the position stirred me to leave no stone unturned for the betterment of the destitute bill of fare.

Sophia might rest assured, she wrote, that she would leave no stone unturned to provide Arabella with a suitable husband.

Although I suspect that, after twenty aeons, few stones have been left unturned.

I took care not to leave a stone unturned in this direction, as I knew that, with the great, promising and keeping a promise are two different things.

And since there was no use leaving stones unturned, I added to these accreditations "Chevalier of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

Be certain that the company's security forces scoured Gorda Cay and left no coconut unturned, in case Mr.

The good Chief has sworn that no stone will be left unturned, no nook or cranny in which the desperate outlaw murderer might hide will be overlooked, until the bloodthirsty fiend who perpetrated the foul misdeed has been brought before the Bar of Justice, where he is expected to be sentenced to a well-deserved hanging.

There is no scientific stone I would have left unturned until I had delved at the truth of this riddle.

You have to leave no stone unturned, though already, intuitively, I was inclined to think the answer lay inside the big house—.

My agent tells me to leave no stone unturned if I want to win the election.

As the last fitful rays of my torch faded into obscurity, I resolved to leave no stone unturned, no possible means of escape neglected.