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
An Overflowing Inbox Having hundreds or even thousands (hey, no judgment!) of unread emails in your inbox can be overwhelming, to say the least.
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Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 June 2025
Problem: You’re burdened with a huge pile of unread messages.
—Chris Guillebeau, Contributor, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2025
Instead of an impersonal email drowning in a sea of unread messages, RCS guides customers through a step-by-step process—uploading documents, chatting with an advisor and seeing real-time approval estimates with interactive sliders.
—Jēnna Reese, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Though messages are permitted, hundreds of them are usually left unread on his accounts, many from potential commercial partners looking to work with his most famous client.
—Simon Hughes, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 June 2025
Problem: You’re burdened with a huge pile of unread messages.
—Chris Guillebeau, Contributor, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2025
Instead of an impersonal email drowning in a sea of unread messages, RCS guides customers through a step-by-step process—uploading documents, chatting with an advisor and seeing real-time approval estimates with interactive sliders.
—Jēnna Reese, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Though messages are permitted, hundreds of them are usually left unread on his accounts, many from potential commercial partners looking to work with his most famous client.
—Simon Hughes, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unread
Adjective
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Joe is willfully ignorant—to national news and a lethal pandemic—but Aster didn’t write the character as a one-dimensional MAGA standee.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
17 July 2025
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Yet Americans are surprisingly ignorant about our past.—
John C. Goodman,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
Adjective
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Sydney Sweeney’s new dark crime comedy Americana is new in theaters this weekend.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Flames and dark smoke billowed over a cement factory that was set alight by a wildfire that swept through olive groves and forests and disrupted rail traffic on the outskirts of the Greek city of Patras, west of Athens.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Unread.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unread. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.
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