unfiled

adjective

un·​filed

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1

archaic : not smoothed : unpolished

my rude unfiled apology

—George Wither

2

: not placed on file or in a file

several unfiled documents

Word History

Etymology

in sense 1, from un- entry 1 + filed, past participle of file (to rub); in sense 2, from un- entry 1 + filed, past participle of file (to arrange)

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