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LEFT OVER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not used up

Example:

unexpended provisions

Synonyms:

left; left over; leftover; odd; remaining; unexpended

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unexhausted (not used up completely)

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 Context examples: 

Kimberley Whitehead said: Our findings have prompted us to wonder whether hiccups in adults, which appear to be mainly a nuisance, may in fact by a vestigial reflex, left over from infancy when it had an important function.

(Baby Hiccups Key to Brain Development, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The second study builds off the first and suggests there is a softer, easily deformable layer beneath Ceres' rigid surface crust, which could be the signature of residual liquid left over from the ocean, too.

(Dawn Finds Possible Ancient Ocean Remnants at Ceres, NASA)