unplaced

/ (ʌnˈpleɪst) /

adjective

not given or put in a particular place

horse racing not in the first three (sometimes four) runners in a race

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Words nearby unplaced

unphysiologic, unpick, unpicked, unpile, unpin, unplaced, unplait, unplanned, unplayable, unpleasant, unpleasantness

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Example sentences from the Web for unplaced

The Abbot is a sensation in literary matters at Columbia, but unplaced.
The Hive|Will Levington Comfort
He paused, then added quietly: “Such an unplaced personality had best touch other lives as lightly as it can.”
The Key to Yesterday|Charles Neville Buck
The other fifteen were to be unplaced noblemen and gentlemen of ample fortune and high character.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
A door was opened in one of the unplaced cages and the little bears pushed out into a new world.
David Lannarck, Midget|George S. Harney

Conterminous with the Caribs, Salivi, and other unplaced tribes.
The Natural History of the Varieties of Man|Robert Gordon Latham

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