Meanings
- not comparableNot assigned a place.
Until more detailed phylogenetic work is done to elucidate their true relationships, it seems best to leave all these species unplaced.
2009, Karl N. Magnacca, Patrick M. O'Grady, Revision of the Modified mouthparts species group of Hawaiian Drosophila1 more example
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.
1870, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night - not comparablehobbiesNot among the first three horses to finish a race.
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.
2009 January 18, Adrian Dunn, “Girls combine to Posta win at Flemington”, in Herald Sun
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot one of the first three in a race or competition
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishplaced
- Englishunplaced
Translations
Greek ατοποθέτητος
- ατοποθέτητος (atopothétitos)Translations
Cite this entry
unplaced. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unplaced
“unplaced.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unplaced. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unplaced,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unplaced.
Source: unplaced on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.