How to Use unseasoned in a Sentence

unseasoned

adjective
  • But this year’s crop of fresh skippers will be, for the most part, an unseasoned bunch.
    — Jon Tayler, SI.com, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Stock is primarily made from bones that have been simmered for a long time and is unseasoned.
    — Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Even if your sauce is properly seasoned, your dish will taste flat when unseasoned noodles are added.
    — Elizabeth Brownfield, Southern Living, 3 Mar. 2026
  • At all meals, Clemon wrote, the food was bland, unseasoned, and often poorly prepared.
    — Connor Sheets | [email protected], al, 25 June 2021
  • And the Cowboys have a young and unseasoned offensive line due to opt-outs and injuries.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 12 Dec. 2020
  • Gone was the Asian marinade; the ahi was completely unseasoned.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 24 July 2019
  • Sear a heap of unseasoned mushrooms in a cast-iron pan, flood them with butter and salt and thyme and shallots, and then dump the shrooms in a bowl.
    — Jeff Gordinier, Esquire, 16 Dec. 2016
  • My frittata still has cheese, along with huge chewy chunks of vegetables, and the potatoes are soft and unseasoned.
    — Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 21 July 2022
  • While the unseasoned fries (from frozen) aren’t worth discussing, everything else about this tiny Bronzeville stand is top-notch.
    — Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com, 26 June 2019
  • And yet, to get caught up in what Jódar might one day be would risk missing the show that this unseasoned version of him is putting on.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Many unseasoned carbon steel skillets will come sealed in a beeswax coating that prevents the pan from rusting in transit.
    — Sarah Wharton, Good Housekeeping, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Its base is an unseasoned stock—usually pork or chicken—and vegetables.
    — Todd Pitock, Smithsonian, 13 Jan. 2017
  • Some versions come unseasoned, while others are pre-treated at the factory.
    — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 7 Jan. 2021
  • Pets can eat a small amount of unseasoned turkey without the skin but should not be given table scraps since the salt, fat, and bones can sicken pets.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Unsalted and unseasoned pasta cooking water can be cooled and used to water plants.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2025
  • This year’s matchup could turn into a battle of ground attacks with both teams sporting unseasoned quarterbacks.
    — James Weber, Cincinnati.com, 24 Aug. 2017
  • Nope, Stacey Evans has every right to run her unseasoned campaign to the best of her ability.
    — Jason Johnson, The Root, 25 Jan. 2018
  • To serve, rim a cocktail glass with a mixture of ¼ cup salt, ¼ cup unseasoned breadcrumbs, 1 Tbsp.
    — Alyse Whitney, Bon Appetit, 13 Mar. 2018
  • All meats are pit-cooked, with unseasoned butts on for 12–24 hours (depending on the weather).
    — Eric Velasco, al.com, 3 June 2019
  • Diluting the broth or base with water or stock can help, too, as can bulking up by adding more cooked — but unseasoned — vegetables or meat.
    — Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2020
  • That its candidate in this race is the unseasoned Ossoff is evidence of how thin its ranks have become.
    — Robert Costa, Washington Post, 20 June 2017
  • An unseasoned steak browns faster and keeps smoke to a minimum, the perfect combination for cooking chops at home.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2020
  • The samples — which tasters tried on their own and on cubes of unseasoned, roasted chicken breast — were unlabeled, so the tasting was blind.
    — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 29 June 2022
  • The meatballs are made with both ground pork and beef, but the unseasoned meatloaf mix found in most grocery store meat counters is a great substitution.
    — Meredith Deeds Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Other signs of unseasoned wood are bark that is tightly attached and a wet, fresh-looking center with lighter and drier looking wood near the edges or ends.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Other signs of unseasoned wood are bark that is tightly attached and a wet, fresh-looking center with lighter and drier-looking wood near the edges or ends.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Food made by white people is often associated with and critiqued for being bland and unseasoned.
    — Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Patton kicked off her cooking lesson by washing the chicken with cold water before proceeding to throw them in a bag of unseasoned flour.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 12 Apr. 2022
  • The cold-smoking technique keeps the unseasoned ground beef, formed into three-ounce balls, in their raw state, even after a 30-minute stay in the smoker oven.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Cooking on unseasoned cast iron can result in sticking, rusting, and a myriad of other issues (some of which are outlined above).
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2026

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