unranked
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Jacob had a meteoric climb from being an unranked university student in 2024 to the world's top 50 a year later - but he has recently hit a plateau.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026
The preseason No. 5 is now unranked with a 12-5 record, already matching last year’s total losses, despite a 5-1 conference record.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 15, 2026
After USC lost to unranked Texas Christian in the Alamo Bowl to finish a 9-4 season, coach Lincoln Riley said, “The arrow is pointing straight up.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2026
That’s because Duke has sneaked its way into Saturday’s conference championship against No. 17 Virginia despite being unranked and in the midst of an otherwise unremarkable 7-5 season.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025
“It seems this year’s number one draft pick will be an untested, untried, unranked wild card”—he pronounces each word slowly, with huge emphasis—“who nevertheless impressed us all with her disruption of the opening ceremony game!”
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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