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

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

A BBC investigation discovered the inbox had not been checked, with 26 messages going unread.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2024

A couple of unread library books sat on the coffee table beside her.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson