unscored
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a word derived from
score.
scorenounthe record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
Example Sentences
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Will they go through their 10-game regular-season schedule unscored upon?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2025
López was unscored upon in April, holding opponents to a .140 batting average over 12 innings and 13 appearances.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
Even when his neighbor, amiably played by Kingsley Leggs, sets up a soulful number as an antidote to the ’60s hit parade, Paladino doesn’t allow one note to go unscored.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2022
Among them: a fourth-and-one call in the first quarter that failed, leaving a potential field goal unscored.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 30, 2016
As the music, enlivened by unscored dissonances, swelled to a raucous climax, she gripped the wooden sides of her chair, closed her eyes.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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