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unread

[ uhn-red ]

adjective

  1. not read, as a letter or newspaper.
  2. lacking in knowledge gained by reading; having read little or nothing:

    She was intelligent but unread.

  3. having little knowledge of a specific field:

    a brilliant chemist unread in biology.



unread

/ ʌˈɛ /

adjective

  1. (of a book, newspaper, etc) not yet read
  2. (of a person) having read little
  3. postpositivefoll byin not versed (in a specified field)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of unread1

First recorded in 1425–75, unread is from the late Middle English word unred. See un- 1, read 2
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No rehearsal or director, just the actor and the terror of an unread script.

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The fliers that come through the mail slot accumulate but go unread.

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The latest messages I’ve sent to his phone are still marked "unread".

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It's a movement that imagines itself to be intellectually heady, replete with allusions to ancient writers and philosophers that mostly go unread.

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They spent the summer, laptop perched in coffee shops waiting to collect office keys, besieged by an ever rising inbox unread tally.

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