unexpired
/ˌʌnɪkspˈaɪɚd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of food: not having reached its expiry date.
Example Sentences
- "We were then in the third week of November; but, we took our measures so vigorously, and were so well seconded by the friends in whom we confided, that there was still a week of the month unexpired, when our party all came down together merrily, and mustered in the haunted house."
- "You are allowed twenty-four hours to be clear of the country. If you have not sailed by this time tomorrow you will be arrested as Henry Frankworth for failing to report yourself when on licence and sent to serve the unexpired portion of your sentence."
- "Regard must be had to the extent to which the original capital outlay has not been covered by the sum of the annual provisions for renewal, that is to say, in insurance terms, to the unexpired life of the original work, although this financial factor has to be modified in the light of the actual physical condition of the work to be replaced."
Etymology
From un- + expired.