unposted en · ADJ · etymology 1
Etymology
From un- + posted.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Not posted; unsent, unmailed.
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(not-comparable) Not assigned to a military post.
The officers of the regiment were assembled at the mess, together by with eight unposted cadets, whom Colonel Simpson would not allow to go into the fort.
1859, Noah Alfred Chick, David Hutchinson, Annals of the Indian Rebellion, 1857-58: