unplaced
Britishadjective
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not given or put in a particular place
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horse racing not in the first three (sometimes four) runners in a race
Example Sentences
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About 280 children were unplaced when other children found out which post-primary school they would be going to on 12 June.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2021
But those few unplaced plants won’t do it; the scene has grown too unfocused.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2021
The horse would likely be unplaced, as if he never ran the race.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2021
Only chromosome sequences of zebrafish were aligned while unplaced scaffolds were excluded.
From Nature ● Dec. 13, 2016
But the joke is that, if I had myself received better attention, I should have lost thirty pounds, for St. Vitus was unplaced.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, September 22, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
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