unsent
/' n'sent/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Not dispatched or transmitted: Refers to something, typically a message, letter, or communication, that has not been sent or delivered to its intended recipient.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- She saved the email as a draft, so it remained unsent.
- The unsent letter was found in his desk drawer years later.
- Due to a network error, the message was left unsent.
Advanced Usage
- "to leave something unsent": To deliberately or accidentally not send a prepared communication.
- After reconsidering, he decided to leave the angry email unsent.
- "an unsent message/letter/package": A common collocation describing the item that was not dispatched.
- Her journal was filled with unsent letters to her former friend.
Variants and Related Words
- Unsend (verb, rare/informal): To cancel the sending of a digital message, typically just after it has been sent. (Note: This is a related but distinct verb form, not the target adjective).
- Some messaging apps allow you to unsend a message within a short time window.
Synonyms
- Undelivered: Not taken or sent to the intended destination.
- Unmailed: Specifically not placed in the postal system.
- Withheld: Kept back; not given or sent.
Antonyms
- Sent: Dispatched or transmitted.
- Delivered: Brought and handed over.
- Dispatched: Sent off to a destination.
Related Phrases
- "An unsent folder": A digital folder (e.g., in email clients) where draft or canceled messages might be stored.
- I checked my unsent folder and found the incomplete application.
Adjective
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not dispatched or transmitted
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the letter remained unwritten and unsent
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