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.

—Robin Finn

Examples of unseeded in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Each seeded pair will be drawn against an unseeded pair. —Eduardo Tansley, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1775, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unseeded

• acceded
• conceded
• exceeded
• impeded
• preceded
• proceeded
• receded
• seceded
• stampeded
• succeeded
• unheeded
• unneeded