unread

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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

Since 1996, she has published books of poetry, short fiction, essays and graphic novels; she wrote the libretto for an opera; and she wrote a novel that will remain unread for nearly 100 years.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025

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

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

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2024

I put on my coat and stick the remaining unread pages of Alex’s rolled-up manuscript in my pocket.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy