🌧️ Not protected 📄 Not saved

unpreserved

5.3

Not saved or kept for later use

adjective
/ʌnprɪˈzɜrvd/

: no guardado

Many important documents remained unpreserved and were lost in the fire.

Examples

The digital photos were unpreserved, so they disappeared when the computer crashed.
Some historical sites have been left unpreserved and are now in ruins.
Those unpreserved fruits quickly spoiled.
The unpreserved documents were lost in the fire.
Many important documents remained unpreserved and were lost in the fire.
The digital photos were unpreserved, so they disappeared when the computer crashed.
Some historical sites have been left unpreserved and are now in ruins.

Synonyms

unrecorded

vsunpreserved

2 3.9

Not written down in official papers

is about not being kept or preserved for future use

unsaved

vsunpreserved

1 3.9

Changes not stored in a file that will be lost if you close the program

is a broader lack of protection or long-term keeping

Antonyms

saved

1.0

A person or thing kept safe from harm

preserved

3.0

Kept in good condition to stop decay or damage

How Saved

saved

1.0

unsaved

1 3.9

unpreserved

5.3

Surface Forms

unpreserved positive

Morphology

unpreserved = preserved (transparent) = un + preserve + ed

Formed by productive negation 'un-' applied to the adjective 'preserved', giving the straightforward meaning 'not preserved'.

Etymology

Unpreserved is made of un- meaning 'not' and preserve meaning 'to keep for later' or 'to save', like when you preserve a document or photo. So unpreserved papers or digital files are 'not kept for later' and can be lost.