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[ uhn-red ] / ʌnˈrɛd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unread ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot read, as a letter or newspaper. lacking in knowledge gained by reading; having read little or nothing: She was intelligent but unread. having little knowledge of a specific field: a brilliant chemist unread in biology. Origin of unreadFirst recorded in 1425–75, unread is from the late Middle English word unred.See un-1, read2 Words nearby unreadunquiet, unquote, unraped, unravel, unreactive, unread, unreadable, unready, unreal, unrealistic, unreality Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unreadHitchcock sends the script--unread--to Thom Mount and his superior, Ned Tanen. Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Maybe you're like I was: you know it's a classic, and yet there your copy sits, unread, gathering dust like Arrakis itself. Robin Sloan’s Book Bag: Five Science Fiction Books That Matter|Robin Sloan|September 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST There was still a pile of unread romances in the corner cupboard. "She was very different from the other," the boy's mother sighed, as she took up an unread letter—there were but two more. The Militants|Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
Ludgate thrust the unread accounts into his escritoire, and thought no more of the matter. Tales And Novels, Volume 2 (of 10)|Maria Edgeworth Her voice quivered, and replacing the flowers in an envelope, she laid the unread letters on the cot. A Speckled Bird|Augusta J. Evans Wilson And off he went, putting the letter, unread, into his pocket. The Shoes of Fortune|Neil Munro
British Dictionary definitions for unread
adjective(of a book, newspaper, etc) not yet read (of a person) having read little (postpositive foll by in) 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 Words related to unreadunschooled, illiterate, ignorant, uninformed, naive, obtuse, innocent, uneducated, oblivious, unlearned, unrefined, unsophisticated, untaught, unlettered, untutored, empty-headed, ignoramus, uncultivated, uncultured, benighted |