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unread

[uhn-red] / ʌnˈrɛd /
ADJECTIVE
dark
Synonyms
WEAK
benighted uncultivated unenlightened unlettered
Antonyms
WEAK
apparent bright brilliant cheerful distinct encouraging evident good happy hopeful illuminated light lucid luminous manifest moral plain pleased radiant shining visible vivid
ADJECTIVE
ignorant
Synonyms
STRONGEST
illiterate innocent naive oblivious obtuse uneducated uninformed
WEAK
apprenticed benighted birdbrained blind to cretinous dense green imbecilic in the dark inexperienced insensible mindless misinformed moronic nescient shallow thick unconscious unconversant uncultivated uncultured unenlightened uninitiated unintellectual unknowledgeable unlearned unlettered unmindful unschooled unsuspecting untaught untrained unwitting witless
Antonyms
STRONGEST
educated experienced intelligent learned taught
WEAK
aware competent knowledgeable literate talented wise
ADJECTIVE
illiterate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ignorant uneducated
WEAK
benighted catachrestic inerudite solecistic unenlightened ungrammatical uninstructed unlearned unlettered unschooled untaught untutored
Antonyms
STRONGEST
educated intelligent
WEAK
able learned literate taught
ADJECTIVE
illusive
Synonyms
WEAK
apparent chimerical deceitful delusive fake false illusory imaginary misleading mocking seeming sham
Antonyms
WEAK
real
ADJECTIVE
lowbrowed
Synonyms
WEAK
ignorant illiterate uneducated unlearned unlettered unrefined unschooled unsophisticated untaught untutored
ADJECTIVE
nescient
Synonyms
WEAK
apprenticed benighted birdbrained blind to cretinous dense green illiterate imbecilic in the dark inexperienced innocent insensible mindless misinformed moronic naive oblivious obtuse shallow thick unconscious unconversant uncultivated uncultured uneducated unenlightened uninformed uninitiated uninstructed unintellectual unknowledgeable unlearned unlettered unmindful unschooled unsuspecting untaught untrained unwitting witless
ADJECTIVE
uneducated
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ignorant illiterate unschooled
WEAK
benighted empty-headed ignoramus inerudite know-nothing lowbrow uncultivated uncultured uninstructed unlearned unlettered unrefined untaught untutored
Antonyms
STRONGEST
educated learned literate
WEAK
intelligent lettered taught
ADJECTIVE
uninstructed
Synonyms
WEAK
apprenticed benighted birdbrained blind to cretinous dense green illiterate imbecilic in the dark inexperienced innocent insensible mindless misinformed moronic naive nescient oblivious obtuse shallow thick unconscious unconversant uncultivated uncultured uneducated unenlightened uninformed uninitiated unintellectual unknowledgeable unlearned unlettered unmindful unschooled unsuspecting untaught untrained unwitting witless
ADJECTIVE
unscholarly
Synonyms
WEAK
apprenticed benighted birdbrained blind to cretinous dense green illiterate imbecilic in the dark inexperienced innocent insensible mindless misinformed moronic naive nescient oblivious obtuse shallow thick unconscious unconversant uncultivated uncultured uneducated unenlightened uninformed uninitiated unintellectual unknowledgeable unlearned unlettered unmindful unschooled unstudious unsuspecting untaught untrained unwitting witless
ADJECTIVE
untaught
Synonyms
STRONG
unlearned
WEAK
uneducated unschooled
Antonyms
WEAK
learned taught
ADJECTIVE
unversed
Synonyms
WEAK
ignorant inexperienced uneducated unlearned unschooled

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

She deleted his voice messages unheard and his e-mails unread, and she felt herself sinking, sinking quickly, and unable to pull herself up.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie