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unread

[uhn-red] / ʌnˈrɛd /










ADJECTIVE
untaught
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Example Sentences

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I couldn’t read another page without knowing, and those unread pages were calling to me.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

While editing helps with emails I do send, a bigger challenge remains: the 16,685 unread messages in my inbox.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026

There was a time when I would treat it like a social media app, clicking the mail icon on my phone, hoping for the excitement of an unread email.

From Slate • Nov. 17, 2024

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

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2024

He pushed aside the things on the kitchen table, the piles of mail, the unread library books.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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