UNREAD Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

unread

adjective

ˌən-ˈred

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 Every pre-read that goes unread? —

Shani Harmon, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026 The message still shows as unread. —

Laura Turbay, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026 Our response to that message has been sitting in that inbox, unread. —

Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026 This goes for chaotic inboxes, unread messages, and endless tabs, which create low-level cognitive noise. —

Ranyechi Udemezue, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unread

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But even for someone like myself, totally ignorant to the lore and not really seeking to change that, the Star Wars universe can look genuinely interesting, and some games every now and then manage to tap into that potential.

— Adam Ismail, The Drive, 30 Apr. 2026
Jahmil Eady – Freaky As gentrifiers take over her neighborhood, a Gullah Geechee woman, Annabelle (Melanie Nicholls-King) calls on ancestral knowledge, which has dire consequences for the newcomers who have begun to take over the land, ignorant of its history.

— Richard Newby, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026