unaddressed
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5.8
- adjective
- /ˌʌnəˈdrɛst/
:
no atendido
- How upwind and downwind states should share finite air resources remains a difficult and largely unaddressed question.
- go unaddressed
- remain unaddressed
- leave unaddressed
If there's unaddressed red flags, there's no point.
- If there's unaddressed red flags, there's no point.
- And so it would feel weird, I think, to leave such pressing issues unaddressed.
- Maybe slightly dry skin, but my mom and I are the same way where it's just like if left unaddressed, we will turn into a prune.
- Again, there's no point in worrying about him becoming official with you and giving you commitment if there's unaddressed red flags.
Examples
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Does it provide an opportunity for bringing an abusive situation to light that otherwise would go unaddressed?
Academic text (2007) -
Alternatively, important global problems may simply go unaddressed because the law fails to generate concrete solutions to them.
Academic text (1998) -
Up to this point, a key question has gone unaddressed.
Academic text (1995) -
And in fact, if left unaddressed, climate change could very well undo many of the development gains that the world has made in recent decades.
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Social friction can increase as more freedom allows long unaddressed issues to resurface.
Blog text (16) -
For refugees and asylees, mental health problems are a critical concern that often go unaddressed.
Academic text (1997) -
Publicly reported violations of these agreements have gone unaddressed and, in fact, may actually have contributed to an increase in tension.
Academic text (1997) -
Such challenges, however, often go unaddressed as juvenile delinquency systems emphasize individual culpability and punitive sanctions.
Academic text (2011) -
In students, unaddressed fatigue can contribute to absenteeism, poor academic performance, and dropout (Law, 2007).
Academic text (2014) -
Many important issues remain unaddressed in the final report, leaving questions unanswered.
Synonyms
A task or problem that no one has dealt with yet
Problems that are not yet handled or fixed
A problem or mistake that is not fixed
Antonyms
How Addressed
Surface Forms
Morphology
unaddressed = addressed (transparent) = un + address + ed
The negation 'un-' applied to 'addressed' yields a straightforward negative meaning ('not addressed') in regular English usage.
Etymology
The word unaddressed is made of un- meaning 'not' and address, which once meant 'to direct' or 'to write someone's name and place for delivery'. So unaddressed means 'not directed' — for example a letter with no address or a problem that is 'not dealt with'.