ungraded

adjective un·grad·ed \ ˌən-ˈgrā-dəd \

Updated on: 10 May 2018

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

Recent Examples of ungraded from the Web

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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