unread

Example Sentences

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Those sponsored leaflets and postcard mailers that end up as makeshift coasters, mosquito swatters or unread refuse that goes straight from the mailbox into the blue recycle bin.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

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

And that might have been where this all ended—an unread message sinking to the bottom of my inbox—if not for an email LabCorp sent three weeks later.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026

The latest messages I’ve sent to his phone are still marked "unread".

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2024

He had slept soundly, curled up on two seats, his book unread, using his overcoat as a blanket, pulled up to his chin.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri