Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not brought up for discussion or solution.
- adjective Not containing the required address.
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- adjective Not having an
address - adjective Not
discussed orconsidered
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- adjective not addressed
Etymologies
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Examples
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"We're turning more and more into a Third World nation," Garner said last week, lamenting what he called unaddressed issues of illegal immigration and the lack of factories in Maryland.
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The key question the memo raises but then leaves unaddressed is how Democrats in a tough cycle can win over those folks in the middle.
Mike Lux: Where Is the Middle? Mike Lux 2010
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Prosecution Counsel Ms. Brenda Hollis informed the Court that there were a few issues that still remain unaddressed by the defence.
Global Voices in English » Africa: Blogging the trial of Charles Taylor 2009
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The United Nations says enormous challenges remain unaddressed in the run-up to the long-delayed presidential election in Ivory Coast now scheduled for October 31.
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The United Nations says enormous challenges remain unaddressed in the run-up to the long-delayed presidential election in Ivory Coast now scheduled for October 31.
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There are so many essential needs that remain unaddressed while the privileged few engage in the aesthetics and trivialities of design.
Solar-powered ‘Energy Bucket’ collects sunshine | Inhabitat 2007
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"This is not simply about repairing the damage from mindless violence but turning around the ship of long term unaddressed decline."
Evening Standard - Home Peter Dominiczak 2012
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"This is not simply about repairing the damage from mindless violence but turning around the ship of long term unaddressed decline."
Evening Standard - Home Peter Dominiczak 2012
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As long as the ongoing violation of the FISA statute, the ongoing violation of the Presidential Records act, the ongoing prisoner abuse as exemplified at Abu Ghraib and Guantanomo, the routine incarceration of journailists for the crime of acting a war zone, the ongoing use of Pentagon resources to influence US public opinion and the tacit approval all these activities enjoy from supposedly independent observers and the press remain unaddressed, then yes, I'm going to refer to ousting the AG as low hanging fruit.
Just in Time for Your Holiday Shopping - Swampland - TIME.com 2008
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They have also signaled their willingness to draft a legislative solution should the problem remain unaddressed.
Think Progress 2010
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