Meanings
unplayed1
- not comparableNot played.
There was still the matter of an unplayed game against Houston, an intended early-season breather that was no longer needed […]
2008, Rob Suggs, Top Dawg, page 922 more examples
It's a sad fact that unplayed instruments deteriorate. Your family heirloom or investment may not after all be appreciating in value as you had hoped.
1986, The Strad: A monthly journal for professionals and amateurs of all stringed instruments played by the bowUsually the result is 1-0, 0-1 or ½-½. In exceptional circumstances both players may lose (Article 11.8), or one score ½ and the other 0. For unplayed games the scores are indicated by +/- (White wins by forfeit), -/+ (Black wins by forfeit), -/- (Both players lose by forfeit).
2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, page 34
unplayed2
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of unplay
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishplayed
- Englishunplayed
Cite this entry
unplayed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unplayed
“unplayed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unplayed. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unplayed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unplayed.
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