unseasoned

adjective

Definition of unseasonednext
1
as in would-be

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2
as in unadjusted

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Recent Examples of unseasoned But while viewers know what’s up from The Fall’s start, Northern Ireland’s unseasoned law enforcement officials haven’t a clue who’s behind the body count. — Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026 Founders who think high spending on technology is a badge of success recall those from the dot-com era, when unseasoned executives ignored business basics, many even arguing that profits were no longer important. — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026 And yet, to get caught up in what Jódar might one day be would risk missing the show that this unseasoned version of him is putting on. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026 Even if your sauce is properly seasoned, your dish will taste flat when unseasoned noodles are added. — Elizabeth Brownfield, Southern Living, 3 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unseasoned
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unseasoned
  1. would-be
  2. unadjusted
  3. untried
  4. unaccustomed
  5. inexperienced
  6. unused
  7. untested
  8. unadapted
Adjective
  • Johnson was elusive Saturday while slipping off multiple would-be tacklers — a quality the Chiefs’ backs lacked in 2025.
    — Jesse Newell, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Rooms The Venetian has always liked to remind would-be visitors that every room is a suite, and in this case, the room sizes really do warrant the frequent callouts.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of would-be
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  • The company said its preliminary sales grew just 1% in the past quarter, and its unadjusted earnings per share fell 2% – both below the company’s forecasts.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • Failing to report a stock sale, using an unadjusted cost basis from Form 1099-B, double-reporting equity income, or overlooking AMT issues with incentive stock options can lead to IRS notices or unnecessary overpayment of tax.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 7 Feb. 2026
Definition of unadjusted
Adjective
  • Still, all but Verse (7 ½ sacks last year) are untried.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2026
  • The audacity of such a mission, wrapping so many untried things into a single flight, meant Artemis III would not have launched for at least two more years, and probably more like three, four, or more.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 14 Mar. 2026
Definition of untried
Adjective
  • Disaster can strike in regions unaccustomed to their fury, as North Carolinians in the western end of the state painfully learned in 2024 as Hurricane Helene deluged the region.
    — Jamie Gold, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • Part of the high-wire act of such books is that the authors and their publishers work at unaccustomed speed to provide the end product with a history-as-it-is-happening varnish.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 23 June 2026
Definition of unaccustomed
Adjective
  • There will be no lifeguards, and county rangers caution that the beach, like many along the Northern California coast, can have rip currents that pose a threat to inexperienced swimmers.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • So Harbaugh created this competition of two inexperienced kickers.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of inexperienced
Adjective
  • Once your washer and drying setup are in place, the rest is about making use of space that would otherwise go unused.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Unused vacation pay with no cap So, more than $800,000 in unused vacation pay?
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of unused
Adjective
  • Whether spatial reasoning through a screen exercises the same circuitry as real-life city navigation remains untested.
    — Hatim Sharif, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The 26 others were either untested, tested negative, or their tests were lost.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of untested
Adjective
  • With more than 1,000 chapters still unadapted, the Straw Hats’ voyage could span many more seasons if the show maintains its audience and Netflix continues greenlighting new installments.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The works of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson had remained unadapted to feature film until Denzel Washington took on the challenge of bringing Fences to the big screen.
    — Kevin Jacobsen and Sammi Burke, EW.com, 17 Nov. 2023
Definition of unadapted

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