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Meanings of unread in English

Unread.

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Usage of unread in English
1
He replaced the first in his pocket unread; the second he opened.
The Slave of the Lamp
2
Claire dropped it unread upon the table, and bowed stiffly in farewell.
The Independence of Claire
3
Threading of conversations works well, and highlighting of unread messages works well.
The Guardian
4
Henry has taken to tearing her letters up unread, or burning them.
Wolf hall
5
Stories abound of tearful breakdowns, missed flights and bedtime stories left unread.
The Guardian
6
The capitalist newspaper was never actually unread until it was actually unreadable.
Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays
7
His first impulse was to throw the letter into the fire, unread.
Blind Love
8
He put it unread into his pocket, and went back to Anne.
Man and Wife
9
He snatched up his hat from the table with its unread newspaper.
Heart of oak
10
Rude would have been accepting all the messages and flushing them unread.
Reach for Infinity
11
Silently, the Doctor turned aside to the pile of letters still unread.
Georgina of the Rainbows
12
Drug discovery gets delayed because information is locked up in unread literature.
Wired
13
I may be uneducated and unworldly, but I'm not stupid or unread.
Dead until dark
14
Her letters to him remained unanswered; the last one he had burned unread.
The Just and the Unjust
15
Despite these obvious drawbacks, they still expressed the languorous attitude of the long-unread.
One of our Thursdays is missing
16
And why buy one only to leave it behind, obviously unread?
Nano
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