Definition of unclaimed in English:
unclaimed
adjective ʌnˈkleɪmdˌənˈkleɪmd
Not demanded or requested as being something one has a right to.
Example sentencesExamples
- It is estimated that £126.5m in disability benefits goes unclaimed by people who go on to die of cancer.
- This was raised by the sale of unclaimed lost property.
- Hundreds of millions of pounds in benefits cash lies unclaimed each year so it's well worth taking the time to check all your entitlements.
- He also introduced a rickshaw service, which takes unclaimed bodies from the government mortuary for a proper burial.
- Perhaps they lose more in unclaimed benefits than they gain in tax breaks.
- We're sold out, as we have been for many performances, and people are lining up to purchase any unclaimed tickets.
- Two such unclaimed briefcases were found from the old district court chowk this morning causing a scare among residents.
- About £2 million worth of winning tickets have gone unclaimed by absent-minded Essex players.
- There are already billions of pounds in unclaimed benefits.
- So far £600 million has gone to good causes from unclaimed tickets since 1994.
- The huge amount of unclaimed benefits shows this doesn't work.
- Phones that go unclaimed for more than three months are resold or discarded.
- You know all those times when the jackpot goes unclaimed?
- The most common benefits left unclaimed include the new pensions credit, which tops up the pension according to need.
- It was all by way of drawing attention to a pair of unclaimed prizes which are burning sizeable holes in the Lotto vaults in Dublin.
- Up in the press seats, a large pot of cash sat unclaimed.
- The biggest prize currently unclaimed is a jackpot worth almost £3m.
- A £5,000 reward for information leading to the killer's arrest and conviction is still unclaimed.
- The mysterious package was taken into the Stagecoach office overnight, and remained unclaimed yesterday morning.
- At the end of storage-out, any items left in storage will be considered unclaimed.
Rhymes
ashamed, self-proclaimed, unframed, unnamed, unreclaimed, untamed
Definition of unclaimed in US English:
unclaimed
adjectiveˌənˈklāmdˌənˈkleɪmd
Not demanded or requested as being something one has a right to.
Example sentencesExamples
- We're sold out, as we have been for many performances, and people are lining up to purchase any unclaimed tickets.
- The biggest prize currently unclaimed is a jackpot worth almost £3m.
- It was all by way of drawing attention to a pair of unclaimed prizes which are burning sizeable holes in the Lotto vaults in Dublin.
- It is estimated that £126.5m in disability benefits goes unclaimed by people who go on to die of cancer.
- About £2 million worth of winning tickets have gone unclaimed by absent-minded Essex players.
- Up in the press seats, a large pot of cash sat unclaimed.
- The mysterious package was taken into the Stagecoach office overnight, and remained unclaimed yesterday morning.
- Perhaps they lose more in unclaimed benefits than they gain in tax breaks.
- At the end of storage-out, any items left in storage will be considered unclaimed.
- Hundreds of millions of pounds in benefits cash lies unclaimed each year so it's well worth taking the time to check all your entitlements.
- He also introduced a rickshaw service, which takes unclaimed bodies from the government mortuary for a proper burial.
- This was raised by the sale of unclaimed lost property.
- The most common benefits left unclaimed include the new pensions credit, which tops up the pension according to need.
- The huge amount of unclaimed benefits shows this doesn't work.
- Phones that go unclaimed for more than three months are resold or discarded.
- A £5,000 reward for information leading to the killer's arrest and conviction is still unclaimed.
- You know all those times when the jackpot goes unclaimed?
- There are already billions of pounds in unclaimed benefits.
- So far £600 million has gone to good causes from unclaimed tickets since 1994.
- Two such unclaimed briefcases were found from the old district court chowk this morning causing a scare among residents.