unclaimed
adjective
un·claimed
ˌən-ˈklāmd 
: not claimed
specifically
: not called for by an owner or consignee
unclaimed property/goods
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Billions in corporate matches go unclaimed each year.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
An unclaimed $25,000 a year For Life prize was drawn Tuesday, Aug. 12, according to the CT Lottery.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2025
Photos on social media showed dozens of bags of Happy Meals dumped outside a restaurant, as well as unclaimed food left sitting idly on self-pick-up tables, prompting public outcries of food wastage.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
Officials with the Idaho Lottery and the Virginia Lottery confirmed to USA TODAY that two $1 million prizes went unclaimed with their claiming period expiring on Monday, June 30.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 1 July 2025
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
An unclaimed $25,000 a year For Life prize was drawn Tuesday, Aug. 12, according to the CT Lottery.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2025
Photos on social media showed dozens of bags of Happy Meals dumped outside a restaurant, as well as unclaimed food left sitting idly on self-pick-up tables, prompting public outcries of food wastage.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
Officials with the Idaho Lottery and the Virginia Lottery confirmed to USA TODAY that two $1 million prizes went unclaimed with their claiming period expiring on Monday, June 30.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 1 July 2025
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“Unclaimed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unclaimed. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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