UNSORTED Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

unsorted

adjective

Definition of unsorted

as in miscellaneous

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Recent Examples of unsorted Simply leave a pile of freshly washed, unsorted laundry on a tabletop near it in a 6 x 5 ft space, and Isaac 0 will neatly fold it all in 30-90 minutes. — New Atlas, 21 Feb. 2026 In 1961, approximately 1,000 cans of unsorted trash left behind by visitors were deposited daily and lightly covered with soil. — JSTOR Daily, 19 Nov. 2025 Students were dumping non-recyclable garbage into the recycling bins to the point that, in 2021, the school’s Environmental Outreach Club decided to ask the school to padlock the bins to prevent students from disposing unsorted materials into them. — Julia Dang, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024 Paper ballots from vote centers countywide were mixed up and stored off-site, unsorted, in thousands of boxes, while recounting scans of ballots required monitors and tech workers. — The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 1 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for unsorted

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsorted

Adjective

Each pallet contained miscellaneous trading cards, including sports and Pokémon.

— Lesley Marin, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
According to police sources, some bodies were laid in plastic bags on gurneys while others were on shelves alongside miscellaneous equipment like spray cans and cardboard boxes.

— Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of miscellaneous

Adjective

Logistics and warehousing run heterogeneous robot fleets that integrate seamlessly.

— John Healy, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Fratino and Baeza are both artists conversant in art history—although their sources of inspiration are heterogeneous and surprising, and often fall beyond the visual record.

— Nandini Krishnan, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of heterogeneous

Adjective

Lotte caters, and Yoon reminisces fondly about trays of modeum jeon, assorted fritters and pancakes her family would order each New Year’s.

— Vanessa Anderson, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
For decades, Hollywood actor Danny Trejo’s bread and butter was playing gangsters, prison inmates and other assorted criminals.

— Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of assorted

Adjective

The memo stresses that troops are forbidden from using both classified and unclassified but nonpublic information to make trades on platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Start with the few labels that actually change what happens to a document—retention, access and redaction—and let everything else stay unclassified.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of unclassified

Adjective

His eclectic back catalog is more like a pick’n’mix of Swedish candy, filled with syrupy electro-pop and wonky and soulful house.

— Harry Thorfinn-George, Pitchfork, 22 Oct. 2026
Food and drink Café Libre, next to the eclectic and cozy lobby, is a space designed to make guests and visitors feel right at home.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of eclectic

Adjective

But indiscriminate cost-cutting can create a second crisis by weakening the company’s ability to recover.

— Loran Armstrong, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Many residents, community leaders and experts say that the current approach — which favors armed confrontations between police and the groups — is inefficient and often results in indiscriminate loss of life.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026