as in ignorant
lacking in education or the knowledge gained from books
an officer who seemed to be completely unread in military theory
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Recent Examples of unread
And somewhere on a beach in Indonesia, a book stayed unread a little longer than usual.
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Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
Others can emerge during the long recovery afterward, when missed physical therapy appointments and unread discharge instructions slow healing.
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Nandan Lad,
Time,
27 Apr. 2026
Yet during some of those years—okay, many of them—the weekly issues have piled up in my home and gone mostly unread between biannual days of bingeing and purging.
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John Williams,
The Atlantic,
20 Feb. 2026
The message still shows as unread.
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Laura Turbay,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unread
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
Others can emerge during the long recovery afterward, when missed physical therapy appointments and unread discharge instructions slow healing.
—
Nandan Lad,
Time,
27 Apr. 2026
Yet during some of those years—okay, many of them—the weekly issues have piled up in my home and gone mostly unread between biannual days of bingeing and purging.
—
John Williams,
The Atlantic,
20 Feb. 2026
The message still shows as unread.
—
Laura Turbay,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unread
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unread
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Their earliest performances could be fun and irreverent, too, but Boy George says they were also marred by ignorant, homophobic heckling.
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And using both words does not reveal that a person is ignorant but rather cosmopolitan.
Adjective
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Tourism and city officials say that marketplace channels festival foot traffic directly to Black entrepreneurs and helps keep dollars circulating in local neighborhoods long after the stages go dark.
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Jason kept the look casual in a light blue graphic T-shirt, white shorts, a baseball cap and dark sunglasses.
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“Unread.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unread. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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