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unread

[uhn-red] / ʌnˈrɛd /










ADJECTIVE
untaught
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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

No rehearsal or director, just the actor and the terror of an unread script.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 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

Glancing at his computer screen, he noted forty-seven unread e-mails urgently demanding his attention.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir




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