unread
AdjectiveUS[uhn-red]/ənˈrɛd/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (1)
- not informed through reading“he seems to have been wholly unread in political theory — V.L.Parrington”Opposite informedSimilar uninformed
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Unread
Formed with the prefix un- (“not”): To past particles, or to adjectives formed after the analogy of past particles, to indicate the absence of the condition or state expressed by them. See read.
Un·read′ adjective
1. Not read or perused; as, an unread book. Richard Hooker
2. Not versed in literature; illiterate. John Dryden
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54