: not rated
unrated bonds
unrated teams
especially : not assigned a certification mark (such as G, NC-17, PG, PG-13, or R)
The movie is unrated.
the unrated version of a film

Examples of unrated in a Sentence

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Also opening this weekend is director Eli Roth’s unrated horror thriller Ice Cream Man. Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026 The filmmaker felt no studio would touch his vision of unfiltered gross-out dismemberings and the movie is being released unrated and under the moniker of The Horror Section, a new distributor Roth has created to put it into theatres. Pete Hammond, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026 The very much unrated film — showing unsimulated full penetration and ejaculation — streamed from 2017 until well into 2020. Gustavo Turner, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2026 An unrated prospect out of Loreto College Manchester, England, Oyebadejo (OYA-bada-JOE) arrived at Jacksonville State, an FCS school in Alabama, in 2024, but did not play after an injury during preseason camp. Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unrated

Word History

First Known Use

1648, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unrated was in 1648

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“Unrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unrated. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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