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.
—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
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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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unread
Adjective
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Trump cut education aid, people got ignorant.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2026
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While some plaintiffs who took the bait may have been only grossly ignorant, certainly some were guilty of bad faith, anti-Blackness, and opportunistic collaboration with white supremacy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
Adjective
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If the second section presents the diagnosis, then in the footnote to Howl Ginsberg writes a prescription, because if we’re oppressed by a dark faith then the only antidote is a different one.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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Villains could hide in the giant banyan tree or lurk in the spookily dark new flotation room; a fight scene might involve someone crashing down the waterfall-wall in the centre of the wellness centre.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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“Unread.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unread. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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