unsealed
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Not closed or secured with or as if with a seal: Describes something that is open, not fastened shut, or lacks an official closure that guarantees contents have not been tampered with.
- Not established or confirmed; uncertain: Describes a status, fate, or outcome that is not yet definitively decided or fixed.
Usage Examples
- Adjective (Not closed/secured):
- The package was delivered unsealed, so I could see the contents immediately.
- An unsealed envelope is not suitable for confidential documents.
- Adjective (Not established/confirmed):
- The jury is still deliberating, so the defendant's fate remains unsealed.
- With the final vote unsealed, the election result is still unknown.
Advanced Usage
- Legal/Technical Context: In legal proceedings, an "unsealed" document is one that is made part of the public court record, as opposed to a "sealed" document which is confidential.
- The judge ordered the evidence to be unsealed and released to the press.
- Figurative Use: Can describe a situation or feeling that is open or not finalized.
- Her future with the company was left unsealed after the ambiguous meeting.
Variants and Related Words
- Unseal (verb): To break or remove the seal of; to open.
- The mayor will unseal the time capsule during the ceremony.
- Sealed (adjective): The direct antonym, meaning closed or confirmed.
- a sealed container; a sealed verdict.
Synonyms
- Open: Not closed or fastened.
- Unfastened: Not secured or closed.
- Unconfirmed: Not verified or made certain.
- Indefinite: Not clearly defined or fixed.
Antonyms
- Sealed: Closed or secured with a seal; definitively settled.
- Closed: Shut, not open.
- Confirmed: Established as true or definite.
Related Phrases/Idioms
- (To leave something) unsealed: To intentionally leave a matter undecided or a container open.
- The contract was left unsealed on that clause to allow for further negotiation.
Adjective
- not closed or secured with or as if with a seal
- unsealed goods
- the letter arrived unsealed
- not established or confirmed
- his doom is as yet unsealed