Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not sorted; not arranged or put in order; not assorted or classified. Ill-sorted; ill-chosen.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Not sorted; not classified.
  • adjective Not well selected; ill-chosen.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Not in a particular order.
  • adjective Mixed, not separated by property.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective not categorized or sorted
  • adjective not arranged according to size

Etymologies

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un- +‎ sorted

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Examples

  • They remain unsorted and will probably pass into my next apartment in the same boxes.

    Pakking Nightmare 2006

  • They remain unsorted and will probably pass into my next apartment in the same boxes.

    SeeLight: 2006

  • I particularly thought that perhaps I was so "unsorted" before camp because of being a bit under attack over doing camp or something.

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  • Ctrl+D also does not file the bookmark in 'unsorted' but at the tail-end of the Bookmarks Main menu ..

    unknown title 2009

  • [The "unsorted" refers to the fact that the records as currently shown have not been sorted by alphabetical, numerical, date, or some other criteria yet.]

    Applelinks.com 2009

  • And as far as I can tell from their web site, there's no way to opt out of it (it's some kind of unsorted "everybody in Houston" delivery, I think - they're not even addressed).

    BY THE BAYOU 2009

  • To return the playlist to its natural "unsorted" order, simply click on the left-most column heading, above the first number column.

    iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond 2008

  • Lowry, a retired psychiatrist who discovered the pardon in an unsorted file box, has denied any wrongdoing.

    Buzz: Snow, SOTU and Oscars Lori Aratani 2011

  • Lowry, a retired psychiatrist who discovered the pardon in an unsorted file box, has denied any wrongdoing.

    Hinky date unravels Lincoln lore Lisa Rein 2011

  • Here's to hoping the flood of unsorted information can be transformed into something useful.

    Augustine Commission Website Now Online - NASA Watch 2009

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