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unread

[ uhn-red ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

not read, as a letter or newspaper.
lacking in knowledge gained by reading; having read little or nothing:
She was intelligent but unread.
having little knowledge of a specific field:
a brilliant chemist unread in biology.

unread

/ ʌnˈrɛd /

Origin of unread¹

First recorded in 1425–75, unread is from the late Middle English word unred. See un- ¹, read ²

Hitchcock sends the script--unread--to Thom Mount and his superior, Ned Tanen.

Maybe you're like I was: you know it's a classic, and yet there your copy sits, unread, gathering dust like Arrakis itself.

Emails sent to Assange are now returned unread because of a "technical failure" by his email server.

The Fleet Street tabloids, which do not go unread at the Palace, treated this White House gaffe as practically an act of war.

Well, if you write any more letters, we shall burn them unread, so it is no use to trouble us; and we will pay when we choose.

You mean to say you read that letter which he had kept unopened and unread for five long years?

He saw the flames lick up and curl possessively around the unread article.

Thinking it a matter of no importance, he thrust it into his pocket unread, and thus he and his men fell into Washington's hands.

Yes; in that moment of vexation, with that unread evening paper before him, he actually called it her baby.

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