unturned

/' n't :nd/

Thân thiện

The detective left no stone unturned in his search for the missing key.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Not turned, not moved, or not overturned: Describes something that has not been rotated, flipped, or moved from its original position or state.
   • Not shaped on a lathe: In a specific context, it can refer to an object, like a piece of wood or metal, that has not been worked on or shaped by a turning lathe.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The archaeologists carefully excavated the site, leaving the large central stone unturned.
  • He left the soil unturned in that corner of the garden.
  • The carpenter used an unturned piece of oak for the project's base.

Advanced Usage

• "to leave no stone unturned": An idiom meaning to try every possible course of action in order to achieve something; to search everywhere or investigate every possibility thoroughly.
  • The detectives left no stone unturned in their search for the missing evidence.

Variants and Related Words

• Overturned (adj): The opposite state; having been turned over or reversed.
• Upturned (adj): Turned or directed upward.
• Returned (adj): Having come or gone back to a place or condition. (Note: This is a different root verb but shares the "-turned" suffix pattern).

Synonyms

• Unmoved: Not having changed position.
• Undisturbed: Not interfered with; left in a state of calm.
• Unflipped: Not turned over (specific to the action of flipping).

Related Phrases

• Leave no stone unturned: (Idiom) To search with extreme thoroughness.
  • She left no stone unturned while preparing for the final exam.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. not turned
   • left no stone unturned