on the shelf vs unapplied

on the shelf

prep
  • Unmarried, typically through lack of interest from potential spouses. 

  • Injured. 

  • Laid aside, unused, abandoned. 

unapplied

adj
  • That has not been applied. 

How often have the words on the shelf and unapplied occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )