unplaced

unplaced
adjective Date: 1512 1. not placed ; not having a definite or assigned place <
taxonomically unplaced organisms
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2. not finishing in one of the first three places in a horse race

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  • Unplaced — Un*placed , a. Not placed. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • unplaced — [spelling only] …   English World dictionary

  • unplaced — adjective a) Not assigned a place. Until more detailed phylogenetic work is done to elucidate their true relationships, it seems best to leave all these species unplaced. b) Not among the first three horses to finish a race …   Wiktionary

  • Unplaced in APG II — When the APG II system of plant classification was published in April 2003, fifteen genera and three families were placed incertae sedis in the angiosperms, and were listed in a section of the appendix entitled Taxa of uncertain position .[1]… …   Wikipedia

  • unplaced — adj. * * * …   Universalium

  • unplaced — un|placed [ˌʌnˈpleıst] adj BrE not one of the first three to finish in a race or competition …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • unplaced — adj. lacking a place or placement …   English contemporary dictionary

  • unplaced — adjective 1》 not having or assigned to a specific place. 2》 chiefly Horse Racing not one of the first three (sometimes four) to finish in a race …   English new terms dictionary

  • unplaced — adjective BrE not one of the first three to finish in a race or competition …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • unplaced — un·placed …   English syllables

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