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Definition of "unclaimed" []

  • Not claimed as property: unclaimed luggage. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "unclaimed" in a sentence
  • "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."
  • "Officials said the state will get $6.1 million more in unclaimed money in the first year of the change."