unhandled

[ uhn-han-dld ]

adjective

1. not handled; handle; not touched.
2. (of animals) untamed; unbroken; untrained.

Word History and Origins

Origin of unhandled¹

First recorded in 1550–60; un- ¹ + handled

Example Sentences

I click OK and receive another error message that states: “Unhandled Exception: Log file path must be defined before calling the write log method.”

From Seattle Times

In the meantime, the judiciary has accumulated a backlog of more than three million unhandled complaints, a burden that judges expect to grow with government budget cuts.

From New York Times

Like the other objects evoked, the toys have solidity, but, by emphasising their unhandled coldness, the poet flips them into mystery.

From The Guardian

Thought is unseen, unhandled and untouched, and no despot has yet been able to reach it, except when the thoughts burst into words.

From Project Gutenberg

We wished him still unhandled and unhurt— We wished no evils to this man of dirt; We thought to leave him sweltering in his den, Not with such rotten trash to tinge the pen: But his mean labours wrought his present woe, And his own scribblings, now, have laid him low!

From Project Gutenberg