ratified
adjective
confirmed by formal or authoritative consent or approval.
unratified
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a word derived from
ratified.
Example Sentences
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With the deal as yet unratified, no payments have been made or will be made during the period of delay, the minister confirmed to Conservative former minister Dame Harriett Baldwin.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
Gonzalez says his tribe’s presence in the area is also well documented, and his ancestors ceded the land in an unratified 1851 treaty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2024
But such modeling is crucial to be sure that stored weapons will work as intended because the United States gave up nuclear testing in 1992 under the still unratified Comprehensive Nuclear-Test–Ban Treaty.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 24, 2020
One of the unratified amendments had been offered by Congress in 1789—along with 10 other proposals that became the Bill of Rights in 1791, and another that became the 27th Amendment in 1992.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2016
When the two months were over it was still unratified, and the whole negotiation was treated as having lapsed.
From England under the Tudors by Arthur D. (Arthur Donald) Innes
