unclaimed
Britishadjective
Explanation
Unclaimed things haven't been collected or demanded, like an unclaimed sweatshirt in the lost-and-found bin at school. When you claim something, you make a formal request for it or assert that you have a right to it, the way you claim your seat at the theater or claim your bag from the baggage carousel at the airport. Bags that left at the airport or seats left empty? Those are unclaimed.
Example Sentences
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Appeared in the April 9, 2026, print edition as 'A Place Like Greenland, Only Unclaimed'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Further down the line, you can search for missing documents like IRAs on MissingMoney.com or through the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 20, 2025
The Unclaimed Baggage store is still in business.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2023
Unclaimed tickets were then released on a "first-come, first-served basis to those who had previously applied to the ballot and were unsuccessful", Ticketmaster said in a statement at the time.
From BBC • Jul. 26, 2023
Unclaimed by the land that bore us, Lost in the land we find The brave have gone before us, Cowards are left behind!
From Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental by Various
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