UNTURNED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unturned mean? 

• UNTURNED (adjective)
  The adjective UNTURNED has 1 sense:

1. not turned

  Familiarity information: UNTURNED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNTURNED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not turned

Context example:

left no stone unturned

Similar:

right-side-out (of fabric or clothing)

right-side-up (of objects having a top and bottom)

Antonym:

turned (moved around an axis or center)

 Context examples 

But I left no stone unturned.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

I beg you to leave no stone unturned to bring him safely back.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“The Inspector here has done all that could possibly be suggested, but I wish to leave no stone unturned in trying to avenge poor Straker and in recovering my horse.”

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We mean to leave no stone unturned to carry out our intent.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Leave no stone unturned!

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Being very anxious to leave no stone unturned, I waited until Mr. Spenlow came in, and then described what had passed; giving him to understand that I was not hopeless of his being able to soften the adamantine Jorkins, if he would undertake the task.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)