Definition of "unburnished" [unburnished]

• Not burnished. (adjective)

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• "Ulysses cannot abide the idleness of age and continues to reflect: "How dull it is to pause, to make an end, / To rust unburnished, not to shine in use!""
• "The unburnished female voice in the ad is effective."
• "I rather think of Ted Kennedy, working phones from his sickbed to garner support for his lifelong cause of healthcare for all Americans, as scorning to rust unburnished."