unredressed
adjective
un·re·dressed
ˌən-ri-ˈdrest 
: not set right : not compensated for : not redressed
an unredressed injustice
a grievance that remains unredressed
Examples of unredressed in a Sentence
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With minimal means, Jacquot evokes a society of narrow norms, in which privilege (as of rank, wealth, and gender) left vast margins for their violation, and in which depredations are rendered unmentionable and therefore unacknowledged and unredressed.
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Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 14 July 2021
Harris’s surrealistic, cartoonish methods are as exuberant and freewheelingly associative as Douglas is—and the film’s hyperbolic absurdities reflect the unredressed absurdities of American racial politics.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2021
With a discerning eye for detail, Haroun depicts the moral and physical toll of endemic and unredressed violence.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2020
Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 14 July 2021
Harris’s surrealistic, cartoonish methods are as exuberant and freewheelingly associative as Douglas is—and the film’s hyperbolic absurdities reflect the unredressed absurdities of American racial politics.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2021
With a discerning eye for detail, Haroun depicts the moral and physical toll of endemic and unredressed violence.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2020
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Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of unredressed was
in the 14th century
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“Unredressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unredressed. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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