unselected
Americanadjective
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not having been selected.
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Computers. (of something previously selected) having had its selected status canceled or reversed by unselecting.
Example Sentences
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Maybe, it all rests with an as yet unselected Jefferson County, Ky., judge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2024
Why he’s ranked here: Curhan was projected by a lot of analysts to be a late-round pick until some medical issues late in the process led to him going unselected.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2021
Washington used a similar method to re-sign Oshie in 2017, when it left him unprotected in the Golden Knights expansion draft but then re-signed him a few days later after he went unselected.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 18, 2021
Before each new episode, each team is allowed to deploy their once per season option to swap one contestant from their team for another from the pool of unselected contestants.
From The Verge ● Jan. 5, 2016
The revision of the scale below the 14-year level was based almost entirely on the tests of the above-mentioned 1,000 unselected children.
From The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale by Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson
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