unscanned

Adjective

unscanned (not comparable)

1. Not having been scanned.
   • The scanned 1978 patient did better than the unscanned 1974 patient in 31% of pairs, whereas the unscanned 1974 patient did better than the scanned 1978 patient in only 7% of pairs.2015, Martin Bland, An Introduction to Medical Statistics, →ISBN, page 5
   • Rescanning and replacement scanning of previously unscanned images, including those missed by the high-speed scanner operator or those considered inappropriate for processing by high-speed scanner[.]1991, 'Optical Digital Image Storage System: project report
2. Involving a technique that does not involve scanning, where an alternative technique that does involve scanning exists.
   • This provided an input speed that exceeded the capability of unscanned image filmsetters. Unscanned filmsetter devices use a moving matrix grid or a stationary character grid with electromechanical control of character selection for photographic recording.1978, Allen Kent, Harold Lancour, Jay E. Daily, Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, →ISBN
   • For unscanned modes which do not involve electronic or mechanical steering of the acoustic beam, the potential for significant temperature increase is the greatest1995, Lee W. Goldman, J. Brian Fowlkes, Medical CT & Ultrasound: Current Technology and Applications
3. Unobserved, unexamined, or unconsidered.
   • This tiger-footed rage, when it shall find The harm of unscanned swiftness, will too late Tie leaden pounds to 's heels.1607, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus
   • The birth of a legend or tradition occurs, how we know not, in fancy's dim and unscanned regions2007, Joannes De Sancto Geminiano, The Legend of the Holy Fina, Virgin of Santo Gemignano, →ISBN, page xiii
4. Having no consistent meter.
   • The music of the measured, scanned verse of Latin and Greek poetry is one thing ; the music of the rhymed, unscanned verse of Villon and the old French poets, la poe'sie chante'e, is another.2011, Walter Pater, The Works of Walter Pater, →ISBN, page 168