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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English awarded English unawarded From un- + awarded.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not (yet) having been awarded (to someone).
Fifty other statues that haven’t yet been awarded can also be seen, and visitors will be allowed to hold one of the unawarded Oscars.
2007 February 16, The New York Times, “Spare Times”, in New York Times: