UNSORTED Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

unsorted

adjective

Definition of unsorted

as in miscellaneous

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Recent Examples of unsorted Simply leave a pile of freshly washed, unsorted laundry on a tabletop near it in a 6 x 5 ft space, and Isaac 0 will neatly fold it all in 30-90 minutes. — New Atlas, 21 Feb. 2026 In 1961, approximately 1,000 cans of unsorted trash left behind by visitors were deposited daily and lightly covered with soil. — JSTOR Daily, 19 Nov. 2025 Students were dumping non-recyclable garbage into the recycling bins to the point that, in 2021, the school’s Environmental Outreach Club decided to ask the school to padlock the bins to prevent students from disposing unsorted materials into them. — Julia Dang, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024 Paper ballots from vote centers countywide were mixed up and stored off-site, unsorted, in thousands of boxes, while recounting scans of ballots required monitors and tech workers. — The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 1 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for unsorted

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Adjective

Manhattan residents pay about 34 percent more for a doctor’s visit and more than 29 percent more for miscellaneous goods and services.

— Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 24 Sep. 2026
At Darwin Elementary in Logan Square, Principal Daniel De Los Reyes hired four Ladders participants last year, mostly as miscellaneous workers who fill in part-time as lunch and recess monitors.

— Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of miscellaneous

Adjective

Logistics and warehousing run heterogeneous robot fleets that integrate seamlessly.

— John Healy, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Fratino and Baeza are both artists conversant in art history—although their sources of inspiration are heterogeneous and surprising, and often fall beyond the visual record.

— Nandini Krishnan, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of heterogeneous

Adjective

The Japanese rice bowl combines soboro (そぼろ)—ground meat, fish, or eggs cooked into fine crumbles—with steamed short-grain rice and assorted toppings.

— Tadashi Ono & Harris Salat, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026
In a wet year when food is plentiful, your best bet is to hunt over soft mast like muscadines and assorted berries; native grasses and legumes.

— Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of assorted

Adjective

Start with the few labels that actually change what happens to a document—retention, access and redaction—and let everything else stay unclassified.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Court documents list the charges against Ostendorf as unclassified misdemeanors.

— River Valley Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of unclassified

Adjective

Other eclectic lots under a grand are also up for grabs, including 12 prop food pieces from the Pee-wee Playhouse refrigerator.

— Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026
Its eclectic programming includes large retrospectives, international conferences and as well as exhibitions, exploring the work and careers of filmmakers such as Bela Tarr, Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Alex van Warmerdam among many others.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of eclectic

Adjective

Many residents, community leaders and experts say that the current approach — which favors armed confrontations between police and the groups — is inefficient and often results in indiscriminate loss of life.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
But Catlin cautioned that the goal should not be indiscriminate cost-cutting.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of indiscriminate

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