as in crude
being such as found in nature and not altered by processing or refining
unprocessed foods that still have much of their original flavor
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of unprocessed
While unprocessed fuel remains dangerous for approximately 100,000 years, partitioning and recycling via ADS can reduce that window to just 300 years.
—
Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Feb. 2026
The record, 43-day government shutdown last fall furloughed IRS employees who had been working through that list of unprocessed items, and also affected the agency’s hiring plans.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2026
Anybody with unprocessed or processed rage.
—Dawnie Jefferson, Refinery29, 29 Jan. 2026
The county had 7,000 unprocessed voter registrations as of last week.
—Saul Pink, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unprocessed
Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Feb. 2026
The record, 43-day government shutdown last fall furloughed IRS employees who had been working through that list of unprocessed items, and also affected the agency’s hiring plans.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2026
Anybody with unprocessed or processed rage.
—Dawnie Jefferson, Refinery29, 29 Jan. 2026
The county had 7,000 unprocessed voter registrations as of last week.
—Saul Pink, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unprocessed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unprocessed
Adjective
-
About two hours’ drive from Dubai, places of great natural beauty such as Khor Fakkan and Hatta offer diving and hiking for those escaping the city.—
Mina Al-Oraibi,
Time,
14 Apr. 2026
-
To compose a linguistically hybrid text is natural and necessary for some writers, but then, when time comes to publish the work, again, fixed notions of language and the boundaries between them force us to make a choice.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
-
Smashing vegetables softens their raw, fibrous bite and breaks down their structure.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Apr. 2026
-
Until recently, the country exported raw nickel while most of the value creation occurred abroad.—
Pandu Sjahrir,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
-
The complications stemmed from untreated diabetes, according to an affidavit from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
11 Apr. 2026
-
Symptoms normally begin 10 days to two weeks after exposure and last two to three weeks if untreated.—
Don Sweeney
April 8,
Sacbee.com,
8 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Unprocessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unprocessed. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
