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
  • Although she was set to present the award for duo of the year alongside her longtime partner Kristian Bush, the artist was noticeably absent when the cameras panned to Bush, 55, who delivered his speech solo from the award stage.
    Chris Barilla, People.com, 9 May 2025
  • But former President George W. Bush was noticeably absent from the gathering to celebrate his mother, as was his younger brother, former Florida governor Jeb Bush.
    Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 9 May 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • In my experience, portfolios that respond quickly and precisely to shifting market dynamics outperform those that rely on big but unfocused investments.
    Aurele Gouy, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • These final years are sometimes treated as a lost period, because Twain’s writing grew bitter and cynical and unpalatable to those more interested in pleasing escapades.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025
  • For businesses, this represents both a lost opportunity to boost overall productivity and a potential driver of widening gaps between workers, Humlum said.
    Bob Violino, CNBC, 8 May 2025
Adjective
  • But these characters — oblivious hipsters with limited prospects and even more limited resources — couldn’t be more different from Allen’s affluent and accomplished Upper West Siders.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 9 May 2025
  • Miraculously, those same analysts are oblivious to cost of diverting dozens of cases from federal courts into our state court system and creating juicy financial incentives for lawsuits to multiply.
    Mark Hillman, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • The Massachusetts legislature was not completely inattentive during this time, creating new district courts in Maine and allowing the counties in Maine to vote on the issue several times, with each successive occasion garnering a greater portion of the vote.
    Made by History, Time, 7 Apr. 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
  • People are unpredictable, distracted, under pressure.
    John Bowe, CNBC, 1 May 2025
  • But sports cars can also be mishandled by distracted drivers, and Zahornacky said that’s what happened here.
    Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2025

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“Unabsorbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unabsorbed. Accessed 18 May. 2025.

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