Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not seeded; not sown. Not having or bearing seed, as a plant.
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- adjective sports Not being a
seed , not being in a seed position.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of a piece of ground) not have a crop sown on it
- adjective not seeded; used of players of lesser skill
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Examples
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Chasing Zimbabwe's 173 for seven off 20 overs, the 'unseeded' Australian team was restricted to 172 for seven, despite an attacking 72 run inning from opener David Warner and
Analysis 2010
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Chasing Zimbabwe's 173 for seven off 20 overs, the 'unseeded' Australian team was restricted to 172 for seven, despite an attacking 72 run inning from opener David Warner and
Analysis 2010
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The strong wind had a large impact on this tie and an excellent fightback by the 'unseeded'
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The strong wind had a large impact on this tie and an excellent fightback by the 'unseeded'
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The strong wind had a large impact on this tie and an excellent fightback by the 'unseeded'
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The winner on Saturday will be the clear favourite to lift the trophy, with the ninth seed Sam Stosur playing the unseeded German Angelique Kerber in the other semi.
Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki set up US Open semi-final 2011
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Williams will meet number nine seed Stosur, who beat unseeded German Angelique Kerber 6-3, 2-6, 6-2.
Serena Williams beats Caroline Wozniacki to reach US Open 2011 final | Steve Busfield 2011
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Open semifinals Saturday night, defending champion Williams was penalized a point for unsportsmanlike conduct — a bizarre, ugly finish that gave a 6-4, 7-5 upset victory to unseeded, unranked Kim Clijsters.
Serena penalized for conduct as Clijsters advances to final 2009
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The presence of seeds complicates the calculation, but only slightly: given that there are 32 seeds, each of whom faces a non-seed in the first round, and that Isner and Mahut are both unseeded, the probability is 64/96 x 1/95, which works out as 1 in 142.5.
Wimbledon 2011: John Isner and Nicolas Mahut's mathematical minefield 2011
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Similarly, working out the likelihood of Mahut going from unseeded to seeded which didn't happen, of course, but might have done would seem to be impossible.
Wimbledon 2011: John Isner and Nicolas Mahut's mathematical minefield 2011
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