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unshopped en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + shopped.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) From which purchases are not made; not shopped in or from.
    • Does your dairy department have sections or shelves that are largely unshopped? Can the shopper purchase most of her planned dairy department items from one area of the case? 1971, Supermarketing, volume 26, page 26:
  2. (not-comparable) Of a mechanical game or arcade game: in its original physical condition, not having been repaired or restored.
    • Pinball Magic is a lightning fast game and has flippers that have a better feel than any game made before or since. The flippers also have an adjustment menu to alter the strength. You can actually set the flippers to be WAY too strong, which probably was not a good idea in some respects (notice that many unshopped PMs have missing or broken metal posts). 2005, Kevin Strasser, The PinBotz Guide to the Greatest Pinball Machines of the 80s And 90s: