unclaimed
adjective
un·claimed
ˌən-ˈklāmd 
: not claimed
specifically
: not called for by an owner or consignee
unclaimed property/goods
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All other inventory and unclaimed Williams Education Fund inventory will be made available to the public.
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Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
After some initial snags—customers receiving duplicate cards, criminals snatching unclaimed ones out of mailboxes—the cards began to turn a profit.
—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
Prizes worth about 1% of yearly lottery revenue go unclaimed, said Victor Matheson, an economics professor at the College of the Holy Cross and an expert on gambling and lotteries, citing an annual report from the New York Lottery Commission.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
The expansionist country is focusing on undersea surveillance, setting up secure safe and secure sea routes to Antarctica, and is readying for China’s next strategic grabs of otherwise unclaimed seas.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
After some initial snags—customers receiving duplicate cards, criminals snatching unclaimed ones out of mailboxes—the cards began to turn a profit.
—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
Prizes worth about 1% of yearly lottery revenue go unclaimed, said Victor Matheson, an economics professor at the College of the Holy Cross and an expert on gambling and lotteries, citing an annual report from the New York Lottery Commission.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
The expansionist country is focusing on undersea surveillance, setting up secure safe and secure sea routes to Antarctica, and is readying for China’s next strategic grabs of otherwise unclaimed seas.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Unclaimed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unclaimed. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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