unsaved

adjective

un·​saved ˌən-ˈsāvd How to pronounce unsaved (audio)
: not saved
especially : not absolved from eternal punishment : not regenerate

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Subscriptions usually give you 30 or 60 days of event recording, after which any unsaved clips are deleted. Simon Hill, Wired News, 12 Aug. 2025 The other call, Siri announces, is from an unsaved Los Angeles number. Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2024 The company says that unsaved chats will be deleted from its systems within 30 days, although the setting doesn’t sync across devices. WIRED, 25 Sep. 2023 Bartlett then subsequently wrote a final draft of his own account that was nearly identical to the unsaved version that Finnerty printed. Shelley Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2023 To monitor for abuse, the company said unsaved chats will be retained for 30 days before they are permanently deleted. Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 26 Apr. 2023 Research shows that as many as 1 in 4 people aren’t getting their full employer match, and that adds up to $24 billion that go unsaved every year. Forbes, 20 Jan. 2022 This 810-watt UPS—uninterruptible power supply—backup battery and surge protector is a clutch power device that will prevent you from losing unsaved work, keep your video games from shutting off, or even give you a couple of extra minutes to finish the end of your movie. Billy Cadden, Popular Science, 16 June 2020 What to do with the unsaved life? Andrew Durbin, The New York Review of Books, 12 June 2020

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unsaved was in the 13th century

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“Unsaved.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsaved. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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unsaved

adjective
un·​saved ˌən-ˈsāvd How to pronounce unsaved (audio)
ˈən-
: not saved
especially : not rescued from eternal punishment
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