unseeded
adjective
un·seed·ed
ˌən-ˈsē-dəd 
: not seeded: such as
a
: having no seeds
unseeded fruit
b
: not seeded (see seed entry 2 sense 4b) among the contestants in a competition (such as a tennis tournament)
… ninth-seeded Lindsay Davenport lost quickly, in 65 minutes, to unseeded Julie Halard of France.—
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Clubs that finished ninth to 16th in the league are seeded in four pairs (9 and 10, 11 and 12 and so on) and the rest will make up four unseeded pairs (17 and 18, 19 and 20 etc).
—Eduardo Tansley, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
The first unseeded woman to lift the Venus Rosewater Dish one year; the second defending women’s champion to lose in the first round in the Open Era the next.
—James Hansen, New York Times, 21 June 2025
The unseeded Hurricanes will travel to face the also-unseeded Louisville Cardinals at the NCAA Super Regionals in a best-of-three series with a trip to the College World Series in Omaha — where Miami hasn’t advanced to since 2016 — on the line.
—Cameron Priester, Sun Sentinel, 5 June 2025
Towson is unseeded and will travel to clash with No. 3 seed Princeton on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 5 May 2025
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Eduardo Tansley, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
The first unseeded woman to lift the Venus Rosewater Dish one year; the second defending women’s champion to lose in the first round in the Open Era the next.
—James Hansen, New York Times, 21 June 2025
The unseeded Hurricanes will travel to face the also-unseeded Louisville Cardinals at the NCAA Super Regionals in a best-of-three series with a trip to the College World Series in Omaha — where Miami hasn’t advanced to since 2016 — on the line.
—Cameron Priester, Sun Sentinel, 5 June 2025
Towson is unseeded and will travel to clash with No. 3 seed Princeton on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 5 May 2025
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“Unseeded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unseeded. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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