unsent

American  

[uhn-sent] / ʌnˈsɛnt /

adjective

1. not sent.

   Unsent text messages are stored in the Drafts folder.

   His final wish came in the form of an unsent letter in a drawer.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of unsend.

Etymology

Origin of unsent

First recorded in 1530–40; un- ¹ ( def. ) + sent ¹ ( def. ) for the adjective, un- ² ( def. ) + sent ¹ ( def. ) for the verb

Example Sentences

A Metropolitan Police bomb disposal robot destroyed a box of Labour MPs' unsent Christmas cards that had triggered a lockdown around Parliament.

From BBC

He said he "unsent" some of the messages having realised he should not have sent them to a former student.

From BBC

A Freedom of Information request also found 200,000 medical letters had gone unsent due to widespread problems with NHS computer systems.

From BBC

A text message recovered from the phone’s draft messages folder read “Call 911” but was unsent.

From Seattle Times

A recent BBC investigation found thousands of hospital letters were unsent due to computer issues.

From BBC