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
The California Department of Motor Vehicles is warning residents to leave those messages unread to avoid becoming victims of a widespread scam.
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Kendrick Marshall, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Sources said hundreds of unread X-rays conducted as part of the Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program, the NIOSH program that screens and monitors the respiratory health of miners, remain in limbo, with no doctors to analyze the results and report them to patients.
—Dr. Mark Abdelmalek, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
No rehearsal or director, just the actor and the terror of an unread script.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
Too many companies launch initiatives, gather survey data, and hold focus groups, only to let those insights sit in an unread report.
—Mark Murphy, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
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Kendrick Marshall, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Sources said hundreds of unread X-rays conducted as part of the Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program, the NIOSH program that screens and monitors the respiratory health of miners, remain in limbo, with no doctors to analyze the results and report them to patients.
—Dr. Mark Abdelmalek, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
No rehearsal or director, just the actor and the terror of an unread script.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
Too many companies launch initiatives, gather survey data, and hold focus groups, only to let those insights sit in an unread report.
—Mark Murphy, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unread
Adjective
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The former Fox host Tucker Carlson, who opposed such an operation, sparred with two boosters: the current Fox host Mark Levin, and the Republican senator Ted Cruz, whom Carlson revealed to be ignorant of basic facts about Iran in a clip that went viral.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
27 June 2025
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Maybe LLMs get us 80% of the way there without any oversight, but skipping the context and being completely ignorant of what the machine is doing is typically not a good idea, partly for the reasons that the panelists laid out.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
Adjective
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My challenge was to make the sequel scarier, and darker.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Prioritize sleep quality: Creating a consistent bedtime routine and keeping your bedroom cool and dark may help improve sleep.—
Stella Bard,
Health,
27 June 2025
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“Unread.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unread. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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