unread
Example Sentences
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Assignments didn’t go unread, unassessed or ungraded because affluent children attended elsewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
More messages, many of which are designed primarily to be read by bots, will stay unread by colleagues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Mackesy describes how during lockdown he received "terrifying numbers of emails" through his website, remembering one occasion when his phone said that he had 86,000 unread emails.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025
How many unread text messages do you have?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2025
At first, I’d been glad that he’d changed his mind, but then again, it was also a constant reminder of Momma’s unread letters.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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