unread
Example Sentences
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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
One of Australia's biggest telecommunication companies sent emails about a deadly outage to the wrong email address at the Department of Communcations where they remained unread for over a day, parliament has heard.
From BBC • Oct. 8, 2025
How many unread text messages do you have?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 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
He’d read all the books at the school, but every week a new stack of unread magazines, books, and newspapers appeared in the library as though they were waiting for him.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
