undelivered

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ delivered.

Adjective

undelivered (not comparable)

  1. Not delivered.
    Most undelivered mail has the wrong address.
    • 1659, J[ohn] M[ilton], “To the Parlament of the Commonwealth of England with the Dominions therof”, in Considerations Touching the Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings out of the Church. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcombe] for L[ivewell] Chapman […], →OCLC:
      [I]t is a deed of higheſt charitie to help undeceive the people, and a vvork vvorthieſt your autoritie, in all things els authors, aſſertors and novv recoverers of our libertie, to deliver us, the only people of all Proteſtants left ſtill undeliverd, from the oppreſſions of a Simonious decimating clergie; […]
    • 1991 August 9, Katherine Burton, “Budget Ax Hangs Overa Diminished Dassault”, in The New York Times‎[1], archived from the original on 28 May 2025:
      It has lost its hold on the Middle Eastern market to American planes as well as to changing politics, represented by the seven Iraqi-ordered Mirage F-1s that sit undelivered in a Dassault factory.

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