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unread

  • /ˈʌn.ɹɛd/
  • /ˈʌn.ɹiːd/

Sounds like unred · Rhymes with -ɛd (adjective and noun), -iːd (verb)

adjective

  1. not comparable Not having been read. 1700, Charles Hopkins, The Art of Love, (after Ovid’s Ars Amatoria), London: Joseph Wild, “The Muse,” p. 36, At first, perhaps, unread your Note’s return’d, Your Person slighted, and your Passion scorn’d.
  2. not comparable Not having read; uneducated. In fortune’s love […] the bold and coward, The wise and fool, the artist and unread, The hard and soft seem all affined and kin: But, in the wind and tempest of her frown, Distinction, with a broad and powerful fan, Puffing at all, winnows the light away;

verb unreads · unreading · unread

  1. transitive To undo the process of reading. That book was terrible! I wish I could unread it.
  2. transitive To flag (a previously read e-mail or similar message) as not having been read.

noun unreads

  1. An unread email or instant message. You will have fewer 'Unreads' staring at you from your Inbox, and will feel—and be—more productive.

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adj not having been read

日本語未読 midoku

adj uneducated

Românănecitit

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"unread." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/unread. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

unread. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/unread

Chicago

"unread." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/unread.

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@misc{unread_2026,
  title = {unread},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unread},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}