unabsorbed

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Recent Examples of unabsorbed The company reported a net income of $95 million for the quarter, compared to $58 million in the previous year, with the increase attributed to higher volumes and lower unabsorbed costs. Quartz Bot, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024 University of Vienna's Lukas Kenner theorizes that clumps of concentrated, unabsorbed antibiotics attached to the surface of nanoplastics could provide the perfect breeding ground for bacteria to become resistant to the medication. Joe Salas, New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2024 Supplements provide high doses of magnesium at one time, which can lead to excessive unabsorbed magnesium. Elizabeth Barnes, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2024 Even worse, photons with less energy than the bandgap cannot do anything productive at all, and simply pass through the semiconductor unabsorbed. Tracy H. Schloemer, IEEE Spectrum, 19 Sep. 2023 The authors are developing technology that can convert some of those unabsorbed wavelengths into colors close to silicon’s sweet spot. Tracy H. Schloemer, IEEE Spectrum, 19 Sep. 2023 On a mechanistic level, unabsorbed polyols draw water out of your body and into your gut lumen, resulting in loose, watery stools. Patrick Wilson, Outside Online, 7 Aug. 2020 Because the calories in this unabsorbed fat aren't utilized, the amount of calories entering your body decreases. Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022 This is because unabsorbed carbohydrate draws water into the intestinal lumen and is eventually fermented in the colon, with loose stools and gas production as the unfortunate by-products. Patrick Wilson, Outside Online, 13 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unabsorbed
Adjective
  • The invaluable bond between artist and muse is exemplified by their abstracted slumbering embrace, her nude form dominating our gaze as her rosy flesh juxtaposes with the jade-sage background.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Its abstracted scenario is a kind of back to the basics, expressing the sanctity of home, devotion and nature.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Jones has been absent from the Today since mid-December.
    EW.com, EW.com, 23 May 2025
  • The larger message from Pochettino, though, was clear — both for the players who were absent and the ones that were going to be in camp.
    Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Adjective
  • And workers can seem unfocused or confused, unsure of where to find answers (and what merits a leadership conversation).
    Chris Westfall, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • As if Nike didn’t have enough problems (sales slump, stale designs, unfocused branding, executive shakeup), the company recently found itself on center stage in one of those increasingly frequent cultural sideshows that masquerade as news.
    Greg Petro, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Adjective
  • This administration has demonstrated its focus on defunding education, immigration and agricultural subsidies that support the least, the lost and the left out.
    Donte L. Hickman, Baltimore Sun, 21 May 2025
  • Huizar would not comment on whether there have been any recent instances of lost or stolen explosives.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
Adjective
  • The cat's beef-eating, fart-generating owners are oblivious to these lofty ruling ambitions.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 17 May 2025
  • Before long, the wife lies on the bed with a peaceful expression on her face, on morphine and oblivious to the chaos that surrounds them.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 13 May 2025
Adjective
  • Ball is too inattentive on that end despite his impressive offensive skill set, and Miller is quite skinny and struggles to wall up on opposing guards and wings through his core.
    Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 12 May 2025
  • For instance, trust will be eroded when a person demonstrates a lack of temperance, which manifests as being agitated, impatient, inattentive, rash, and anxious instead of being composed, patient, prudent, self-controlled, and calm.
    Mary Crossan, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Ludwig Von Drake Ludwig Von Drake is the wise and eccentric professor who is known to be brilliant, but sometimes an absent-minded scientist and inventor.
    Lauryn Higgins, Parents, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Your nails go through a lot: handwashing, polishing, maybe some absent-minded picking (guilty).
    Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • While Walker is so distracted, a high-speed chase involving the other four cops in on his dirty-money scheme is unfolding across town.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Eventually, doctors crafted a diagnosis that could explain distracted and excitable personalities, and a consensus formed about how to treat them.
    Adam B. Kushner, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025

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“Unabsorbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unabsorbed. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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