Definition of unformatted
: not formatted
unformatted text an unformatted document
specifically, computing
: not prepared for storing data in a particular format
an unformatted flash drive It's extremely powerful, and can recover files from almost any device (even if it's unformatted). — Nick Francesco
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The first known use of unformatted was in 1966
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