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🏦 Not officially refused 🤐 Not opposed
unprotested

unprotested

7.2
A check or bill that no bank has officially said is unpaid
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnprəˈtɛstɪd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : no protestado
  • An unprotested note may still be valid, but it lacks formal evidence of dishonor.

Examples

  • The bank returned the unprotested check to the customer without any official notice.

  • Because the bill was unprotested, no legal action was taken against the issuer.

  • The check remained unprotested after the due date.

  • An unprotested bill can lead to serious financial issues.

  • Since the payment was unprotested, the supplier continued to provide goods without interruption.

  • The landlord accepted the unprotested rent check, ensuring that the tenant's account remained in good standing.

  • As the invoice was deemed unprotested, the company processed it for immediate payment.

Antonyms

to protest
283 3.2

To show strong disagreement in public, often by joining a march or strike

Surface Forms

unprotested positive

Morphology

unprotested = protested (opaque) = un + protest + ed

Although formed by un- + protested, the first sense relies on a specialized financial/legal meaning of 'protest' (formal declaration of dishonor), which is not obvious to an average B1 learner.

Etymology

Unprotested is made from un- 'not' and protest 'formal complaint'. In banking, a protest is an official note saying a bill was not paid, so unprotested means there was no official notice of dishonor.