unredeemed

adjective

un·​re·​deemed ˌən-ri-ˈdēmd How to pronounce unredeemed (audio)
: not redeemed
unredeemed gift cards
unredeemed sin

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In return, On Me earns affiliate revenue from dollars spent at stores, rather than relying on unredeemed balances. Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024 As comptroller, in response to demands by the World Jewish Congress and other groups, Mr. Hevesi used his power over city pension fund investments to help force Swiss banks to indemnify heirs of Holocaust victims for their unredeemed Nazi-era bank balances. Sam Roberts, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023 So, carrying certain items such as extra credit and debit cards, your social security card, passport, blank checks, birth certificate, unredeemed gift cards, passwords, library cards, Medicare card and membership cards is a no-no and can all pose risks. Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 15 July 2023 The ongoing, unredeemed sum of these untold victims’ agony culminates in the myth—and, more important, in the reality that the myth represents—and Anthony, armed with this knowledge, expands his art with an obsessional fervor ranging far beyond the myth’s local specifics. Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2021 See all Example Sentences for unredeemed 

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unredeemed was in the 15th century

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“Unredeemed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unredeemed. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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