unmade

adjective

un·​made ˌən-ˈmād How to pronounce unmade (audio)
: not made
an unmade bed

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Back in 2016, HBO revealed plans to adapt the musical with Armstrong in the role of St. Jimmy, but nearly a decade later, the film remains unmade. Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2025 The third book currently in production is known as The Black Book, a collection of unmade inventions sourced from obscure patents filed all over the world; a fascinating ode to the limitless power of the human imagination. Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025 There was a project at one point that was notoriously unmade, and remains notoriously unmade, that was pretty much a person in a hotel room for the whole movie. Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2025 The two were sitting in a chair with an unmade bed seen in the background. William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unmade

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unmade was in the 14th century

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“Unmade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmade. Accessed 17 May. 2025.

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