unread
adjective
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Definition of unread
1 : not read : left unexamined
2 : lacking the experience or the benefits of reading unread in political science
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Synonyms & Antonyms for unread
Synonyms
benighted, dark, ignorant, illiterate, rude, simple, uneducated, uninstructed, unlearned, unlettered, unschooled, untaught, untutored
Antonyms
educated, knowledgeable, lettered, literate, schooled, well-informed, well-read
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Neither is the case—all those open tabs, unread messages, and pending updates are a drain on resources, both computational and personal. — Chris Wilkinson, Ars Technica, "1990, meet 2018: How far does 20MHz of Macintosh IIsi power go today?," 1 July 2018 One reporter shared a string of unread emails from Cloud, all pushing various Student Loan Report studies. — Adam Harris, The Atlantic, "The Undoing of an Online Student-Loan 'Expert'," 26 Apr. 2018 But there are two different ways of considering the tsundoku-afflicted: One on side is the tendency to see the pileup of unread material as a burden. — John Warner, chicagotribune.com, "Got a bad case of tsundoku? Don't let it get you down.," 28 Mar. 2018 Perhaps his most satisfying stint was as the first executive secretary of the UN convention on biodiversity of 1992—in effect an African safeguarder of that vast and endangered genetic library, still hardly catalogued and still largely unread. — The Economist, "Seeds of changeCalestous Juma died on December 15th," 11 Jan. 2018 Number of unread emails This is gonna drive people insane: 24,950. — WSJ, "Nick Kroll Reveals What’s On His Phone," 28 Sep. 2017 Its absence meant that the only way for users of the iPhone to know of unread messages was by interacting with the phone’s screen – which many people now do countless times each day, in hopes of seeing a new email or other notification message. — The Conversation, Fortune, "Is the New iPhone Designed for Cybersafety?," 18 Sep. 2017 Too many statutory instruments are waved through unscrutinised or even unread. — The Economist, "A hung Parliament means problems for Brexit-related laws," 7 Sep. 2017 After World War I, his diary sat unread for decades. — Marc Wortman, Smithsonian, "A Newly Discovered Diary Tells the Harrowing Story of the Deadly Halifax Explosion," 15 July 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unread.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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unread
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of unread
: not read
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