unsorted

adjective

un·​sort·​ed ˌən-ˈsȯr-təd How to pronounce unsorted (audio)
: not sorted
unsorted mail

Examples of unsorted in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Students were dumping non-recyclable garbage into the recycling bins to the point that, in 2021, the school’s Environmental Outreach Club decided to ask the school to padlock the bins to prevent students from disposing unsorted materials into them. Julia Dang, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024 Paper ballots from vote centers countywide were mixed up and stored off-site, unsorted, in thousands of boxes, while recounting scans of ballots required monitors and tech workers. The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 1 May 2024 The warehouse outlet sold unsorted items by the pound. Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 2 Apr. 2024 The British Library data—an apparently unsorted dump of employees’ passport scans and other personal information—were put up for sale for twenty bitcoins, some eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2023 See all Example Sentences for unsorted 

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Word History

First Known Use

1533, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unsorted was in 1533

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“Unsorted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsorted. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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