unranked

play

adjective un·ranked \ ˌən-ˈraŋ(k)t \

Definition of unranked

:not ranked; especially :not included in a ranked list (as of favorites)

The team was unranked last season.

an unranked boxer

unranked colleges

Recent Examples of unranked from the Web

And he isn't favored in this one, which is against an unranked Mountain West team.

— OregonLive.com, "Time for Oregon State coach Gary Andersen's Beavers to win a road game: Issues & Answers," 26 Aug. 2017
Arkansas won its first eight games and went from unranked to No.

— ron higgins, NOLA.com, "The five all-time best first-year SEC head coaches," 24 Aug. 2017
Among unranked teams receiving votes, Kentucky got three points in the poll, meaning that the Wildcats are essentially ranked No.

— steve jones, The Courier-Journal, "Louisville football ranked No. 16 in preseason AP Top 25," 21 Aug. 2017
From Colin: What (likely) preseason Top 15 team is most likely to finish the season unranked?

— andy staples, SI.com, "Why Is USC Getting a Free Pass Into the College Football Playoff? #DearAndy," 2 Aug. 2017
Where he was ranked entering last season: Hausmann was unranked on our 2016 list before his true freshman season.

— doug lesmerises, cleveland.com, "The top 50 Ohio State football players for 2017: No. 39, TE Jake Hausmann," 17 July 2017
Meanwhile, online battles are split into unranked Party matches, Ranked matches, and fights with friends (picked from your Friends list), and random fights against nearby players.

— mark walton, Ars Technica, "Arms review: Nintendo reinvents the fighting game and it’s brilliant," 7 June 2017
The Tigers far exceeded outside expectations this season after entering the year unranked and picked to finish tied for last in the SEC West.

— tom green, AL.com, "In building Auburn's program, Butch Thompson wants to emulate FSU's model of consistency," 6 June 2017
José A. Iglesias jiglesias@elnuevoherald.com Under his eight-year reign at FIU, the law school went from unranked to the top 100 law schools in the nation, and FIU law students had the highest passage rate in the state for the last three bar exams.

— alex harris, miamiherald, "New labor secretary talks disruption and ‘age of acceleration’ at FIU law graduation," 26 May 2017

These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unranked.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

First Known Use of unranked

circa 1658

Seen and Heard

What made you want to look up unranked? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).

show

unranked

Definition of unranked

Recent Examples of unranked from the Web

First Known Use of unranked

Seen and Heard

WORD OF THE DAY

legerity

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Test Your Vocabulary

Words at Play

Breathing Life Into 'Inspire'

Let's Talk 'Tea'

8 Words and Phrases from Boxing and Wrestling

The Ambiguity of Pushing 'Up' and 'Back'

Ask the Editors

Words of the Year: 1066

How Often Is 'Biweekly'?

Irregardless

Weird Plurals

Word Games

Merriam-Webster's New Words Quiz—Fall 2017 Edition!

Challenging Vocabulary Quiz Returns!

Name That Thing

Syn City

Breathing Life Into 'Inspire'

Trending: Kim Jong Un: Trump a 'Dotard'

These Are Fighting Words

Merriam-Webster's New Words Quiz—Fall 2017 Edition!

Words of the Year: 1066

unranked

Definition of unranked

People Are Reading

Recent Examples of unranked from the Web

First Known Use of unranked

Seen and Heard

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Words at Play

Ask the Editors

Word Games

Breathing Life Into 'Inspire'

Trending: Kim Jong Un: Trump a 'Dotard'

These Are Fighting Words

Merriam-Webster's New Words Quiz—Fall 2017 Edition!

Words of the Year: 1066