uneaten

A child leaves a plate of uneaten vegetables at the dinner table.

Definition

Adjective: "uneaten" describes food or a meal that has not been consumed; remaining untouched or not eaten.

Usage Examples

• (The sandwich was not touched or consumed.)
• (She did not eat any of the dinner.)
• (The food that remained uneaten was discarded.)

Advanced Usage

• "to go uneaten": to remain unconsumed.

  • The cake went uneaten at the party. (Nobody ate the cake; it was left untouched.)

• "uneaten portion": a specific amount of food not consumed.

  • He pushed aside the uneaten portion of his soup. (He did not finish the soup.)

Variants and Related Words

• Eaten (adj): consumed as food.
  • The eaten apple left only a core. (The apple was consumed.)
• Uneating (adj): not eating; abstaining from food (rare).
  • The uneating monk observed a fast. (The monk refrained from eating.)

Synonyms

• Unconsumed: not used up or eaten.
• Untouched: not handled or consumed; intact.
• Leftover: remaining after a meal (often implies uneaten food kept for later).

Related Idioms

• "leave no bread uneaten": to consume everything (non-idiomatic; not a standard phrase). (Note: No common idioms directly include "uneaten" as a core word.)

Usage Notes

• "Uneaten" is most often used with food items (nouns like "food", "meal", "dinner", "sandwich"). It is rarely used metaphorically for abstract concepts (e.g., "uneaten ideas" is non-standard).