unaddressed

British  

/ ˌʌnəˈdrɛst /

adjective

1. (of a letter, package, etc) not having an address

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Explanation

If a postcard is unaddressed, it means you forgot to write the recipient's mailing address on it. But if an issue or question is unaddressed, it hasn't been dealt with. When a politician speaks in public and manages to avoid answering the most important questions reporters ask, those issues remain unaddressed. And if you stay after school for extra math help but leave still not understanding what a polynomial is, your questions are unaddressed. This meaning of unaddressed comes from the verb address in the sense of "acknowledge and deal with something."

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unaddressed

But in some quarters, the troubling costs of fish farming remain unaddressed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Yet deaths among fathers remain largely uncounted and unaddressed.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

The questions, which went unaddressed, are what sorts of weapons they are, why he’s announcing this now, and—most important—what it all means for the broader issues of war and peace.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

"Nine years after Daphne's brutal assassination, the institutional failures that enabled her murder remain unaddressed and unreformed."

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

She leans over to her handbag and pulls out a rectangular white envelope, unaddressed and unsealed.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

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