undelved

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ delved.

Adjective

undelved (not comparable)

1. Not delved or dug.
   • 1592, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedy:

     Why, all the undelved mines cannot buy An ounce of justice,

   • 2000, Robert Wintner, The Modern Outlaws: A Road Saga, →ISBN, page 34:

     She looks worried that undelved depths of silly shit do exist, but she relents, because a tip is at stake and we profile loose with gratitude.

   • 2009, Peter Pierce, The Cambridge History of Australian Literature, →ISBN, page 122:

     Welcome, ye wild plains Unbroken by the plough, undelved by hand Of patient rustic; where for lowing herds, And for the music of the bleating flocks, Alone is heard the kangaroo's sad note, Deepening in distance.