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# unconsumed

adjective

«unconsumed» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Unconsumed means not eaten, drunk or used up (formal). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unconsumed/#m1)
2. Unconsumed can describe fuel or energy that was not burned or used. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unconsumed/#m2)

### In the lessons

This is a formal word in science, money and exam texts: unconsumed food is leftover food; unconsumed fuel was not burned. In everyday talk people say «uneaten», «unused» or «left over». Phrases: unconsumed food, unconsumed fuel.

### Examples

- Unconsumed food was given to the food bank. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unconsumed/#x1)
- The scientists measured the unconsumed fuel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unconsumed/#x2)
- Half the meal was left unconsumed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unconsumed/#x3)
- Unconsumed medicine should be taken back to the pharmacy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unconsumed/#x4)
- The unconsumed electricity was stored in a battery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unconsumed/#x5)
- So they went indoors together and sat down, and the man brought out the bread, meat, and wine, which although he had eaten and drunk of them, were still unconsumed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unconsumed/#x6)

### Note

Formal. Prefix un- + consumed. Plain words: uneaten, unused, leftover. In maths, «unconsumed» means what is left, so subtract the used amount from the total.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unconsumed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unconsumed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unconsumed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unconsumed.html) on Mova free.