Antonyms for unclaimed


Grammar : Adj
Spell : kleym
Phonetic Transcription : kleɪm


Definition of unclaimed

Origin :
  • c.1300, "to call, call out; to ask or demand by virtue of right or authority," from accented stem of Old French clamer "to call, name, describe; claim; complain; declare," from Latin clamare "to cry out, shout, proclaim," from PIE *kele- (2) "to shout," imitative (cf. Sanskrit usakala "cock," literally "dawn-calling;" Latin calare "to announce solemnly, call out;" Middle Irish cailech "cock;" Greek kalein "to call," kelados "noise," kledon "report, fame;" Old High German halan "to call;" Old English hlowan "to low, make a noise like a cow;" Lithuanian kalba "language"). Related: Claimed; claiming.
  • Meaning "to maintain as true" is from 1864; specific sense "to make a claim" (on an insurance company) is from 1897. Claim properly should not stray too far from its true meaning of "to demand recognition of a right."
  • As in anonymous : adj unknown, usually by choice
Example sentences :
  • Cross-references of unclaimed disclosure may be in either direction.
  • Extract from : « The Classification of Patents » by United States Patent Office
  • Unsought by him, unclaimed, in every common sense a stranger to him—how could she belong to him?
  • Extract from : « The Coast of Chance » by Esther Chamberlain
  • But, sir, why have you left such a sum for ten years unclaimed?
  • Extract from : « The Queen's Necklace » by Alexandre Dumas pre
  • All unclaimed,” Macdonald said significantly, “and none of recent date.
  • Extract from : « The Cryptogram » by William Murray Graydon
  • These unclaimed trunks and boxes—you say they are in the fort?
  • Extract from : « The Cryptogram » by William Murray Graydon
  • I wrote to them at that address, but my letter was returned to me, 'Unclaimed.'
  • Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather
  • They had, therefore, to proceed until they could reach an unclaimed district.
  • Extract from : « The Young Berringtons » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • Is that why we were able to buy them at that auction house where unclaimed goods are sold?
  • Extract from : « Hour of Enchantment » by Roy J. Snell
  • He was too interesting a personality to be going about unclaimed.
  • Extract from : « The New Warden » by Mrs. David G. Ritchie
  • You come, don't you, to sell me the secret of an unclaimed inheritance, which belongs to me?
  • Extract from : « The Count's Millions » by Emile Gaboriau

Synonyms for unclaimed

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