unclaimed

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   not collected, requested, or taken by the person entitled to something

   Unclaimed luggage is stored for several months before it is sold.

2. 2
   adj

   not asserted as the property, territory, right, or responsibility of any person or group

   The border fortress remained unclaimed by either city.

Formed from un- ('not') + claimed, the past participle of claim. Claim entered English through Old French from Latin clamare ('to call out'), and later developed its legal and ownership senses.

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