ungraded

adjective

un·grad·ed | \ ˌən-ˈgrā-dəd

Definition of ungraded

: not graded: such as

a : not assigned a grade an ungraded writing assignment also : awaiting assignment of a grade a stack of ungraded term papers

b : having no grade levels … rural areas, whose one-room, ungraded, common schools were responsible for the high average level of basic education in the state.— Daniel Scott Smith

c : not leveled or smoothed to a horizontal surface or a gradual slope … highways over whose rock-strewn, ungraded surfaces increasing numbers of wagons and carts rumbled and clattered …— Bernard Bailyn

Examples of ungraded in a Sentence

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Soffits and fascia were rotting, the bell tower was sagging, exterior shingles were cracking, the parking lot was dangerously ungraded, and the whole building needed insulation and paint. — Jonathan M. Pitts, baltimoresun.com, "A rural Maryland chapter of the Odd Fellows society fights to save its 1850s building — and memories within," 25 Apr. 2018 Tough Sunday is coming off a win in the ungraded Sensational Star Stakes and B Squared, who hasn’t won in his last six starts. — John Cherwa, latimes.com, "Racing! Our weekly handicapping lesson from Rob Henie," 14 Apr. 2018 The state has a ban on the sale of ungraded butter and an Ohio dairy challenged the law. — Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Be MKE: Buying gold with bitcoin, Foxconn millionaires and that Giannis dunk," 7 Feb. 2018 There are nine races, four of them on the turf, the first, fourth, sixth and ninth, the latter two being ungraded stakes. — John Cherwa, latimes.com, "Racing! Columbus, Ponce de Leon and a happy Indigenous Peoples' Day," 9 Oct. 2017

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