from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
adjective Not claimed.
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adjective Not claimed.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adjective not claimed or called for by an owner or assignee
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un- + claimed
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Examples
Brethren! the European world to-day is fighting and scrambling over what it calls the unclaimed corners of the world; looking upon all lands that are uncivilised by Western civilisation either as markets, or as parts of their empire.
He has $15 million in unclaimed funds and will give me a third of it if I send him the number of my checking account so he can deposit the money in my name.
He has $15 million in unclaimed funds and will give me a third of it if I send him the number of my checking account so he can deposit the money in my name.
About two-thirds of the money was described as unclaimed proceeds from more than 20,000 sheriff sales over the last 12 years, when properties were sold for larger amounts than their past-due mortgages, unpaid taxes, and utilities.
Since starting my test of The Secret, I seem to be getting more e-mail from con artists peddling variations on the famous Nigerian letter-fraud scam, though it’s coming from Burkina Faso: Somebody tells you that you can have millions of dollars in unclaimed funds if you provide your own bank account number so the cash can be deposited.
Since starting my test of The Secret, I seem to be getting more e-mail from con artists peddling variations on the famous Nigerian letter-fraud scam, though it’s coming from Burkina Faso: Somebody tells you that you can have millions of dollars in unclaimed funds if you provide your own bank account number so the cash can be deposited.
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