unplaced

English

Etymology

un- + placed

Adjective

unplaced (not comparable)

  1. Not assigned a place.
    • 1870, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night:
      For none of these I write, and none of these
      Could read the writing if they deigned to try;
      So may they flourish in their due degrees,
      On our sweet earth and in their unplaced sky.
    • 2009, Karl N. Magnacca, Patrick M. O'Grady, Revision of the Modified mouthparts species group of Hawaiian Drosophila:
      Until more detailed phylogenetic work is done to elucidate their true relationships, it seems best to leave all these species unplaced.
  2. (horse racing) Not among the first three horses to finish a race.
    • 2009 January 18, Adrian Dunn, “Girls combine to Posta win at Flemington”, in Herald Sun:
      The Listed John Dillon Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Australia Day is an option for Rok Posta, who has only been unplaced four times in his 20 starts.

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