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unshipped

unshipped

4.9
Not yet sent to the person who ordered it
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈʃɪpt/
translation icon : no enviado
  • Several items in my cart are still unshipped after three days.

Examples

  • The online store is currently offering discounts on unshipped items to encourage early orders.

  • Many items remain unshipped due to delays.

  • The package remains unshipped due to a delay at the warehouse.

  • Customers can track their unshipped orders online until they are dispatched.

  • The order is still unshipped.

  • Due to a backlog, many unshipped packages will arrive later than expected.

  • I received a notification that my unshipped order will be dispatched tomorrow.

Synonyms

unfilled
vsunshipped
7 4.1

Not yet finished or given for jobs and orders

points to not yet sent to destination rather than being unassigned
unfulfilled
vsunshipped
4 4.4

Not completed, for example an order not yet sent to a customer

focuses on being not sent to destination rather than unsatisfied requirement
undelivered
vsunshipped
2 4.2

Not sent to the person or place it should reach

is about not yet sent to destination rather than general noncompletion

How Sent

transit
21 3.7
to ship out
20 3.5
unshipped
4.9

Surface Forms

unshipped positive

Morphology

unshipped = shipped (transparent) = un + ship + ed

A straightforward negative formed by 'un-' attached to 'shipped' (ship + -ed), so the meaning 'not sent' is directly predictable.

Etymology

The word unshipped is made of the prefix un- meaning 'not' and ship meaning 'to send', originally by ship, so it literally means 'not sent'. Think of a package still on the dock, not put on a boat; that's why unshipped describes something that has not yet been sent to where it should go.