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unplaced

unplaced adjective: not assigned a place.

Adjective

unplaced (not comparable)

  1. Not assigned a place.
    • For none of these I write, and none of these
      Could read the writing if they deigned to try;
      So may they flourish in their due degrees,
      On our sweet earth and in their unplaced sky.1870, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night
    • Until more detailed phylogenetic work is done to elucidate their true relationships, it seems best to leave all these species unplaced.2009, Karl N. Magnacca, Patrick M. O'Grady, Revision of the Modified mouthparts species group of Hawaiian Drosophila
  2. Not among the first three horses to finish a race.
    • The Listed John Dillon Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Australia Day is an option for Rok Posta, who has only been unplaced four times in his 20 starts.2009 January 18, Adrian Dunn, “Girls combine to Posta win at Flemington”, in Herald Sun

Origin of unplaced

From un- + placed.

Questions about unplaced

What does unplaced mean?
Unplaced means not assigned a place.
What part of speech is unplaced?
Unplaced is an adjective.

Words near unplaced in the dictionary

  1. unplacarded
  2. unplacatable
  3. unplacated
  4. unplace
  5. unplaceable
  6. unplaced
  7. unplaces
  8. unplacid
  9. unplacing
  10. unplagiarized
  11. unplagued

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