unplaced
Britishadjective
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not given or put in a particular place
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horse racing not in the first three (sometimes four) runners in a race
Example Sentences
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About 280 children were unplaced when other children found out which post-primary school they would be going to on 12 June.
From BBC • Jul. 14, 2021
But those few unplaced plants won’t do it; the scene has grown too unfocused.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2021
The horse would likely be unplaced, as if he never ran the race.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2021
Only chromosome sequences of zebrafish were aligned while unplaced scaffolds were excluded.
From Nature • Dec. 13, 2016
With love and gladness but, an thou ask my name, it is erased and my trace is unplaced and my body a waste.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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