ppl. a. (UN-1 8.)
1664. Power, Exp. Philos., II. 110. The Quicksilver, overpowring the Atmosphærical or unexpanded Ayr, falls down.
1712. Blackmore, Creation, VI. 290. So every fœtus bears a secret hoard, With sleeping, unexpanded issue stord.
1796. Withering, Brit. Plants (ed. 3), III. 657. Leaves, and especially the unexpanded heads, with a good deal of woolliness.
1854. Hooker, Himal. Jrnls., I. vi. 163. Most of its flowers drop unexpanded from the tree.
1887. W. Phillips, Brit. Discomycetes, 358. The unexpanded cups somewhat like a Cucurbitaria.