unseeded
adjective
un·seed·ed
ˌən-ˈsē-dəd 
: not seeded: such as
a
: having no seeds
unseeded fruit
b
: not seeded (see seed entry 2 sense 4b) among the contestants in a competition (such as a tennis tournament)
… ninth-seeded Lindsay Davenport lost quickly, in 65 minutes, to unseeded Julie Halard of France.—
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Cloud seeding basically works by artificially recreating the process by which rain and snow naturally occur: In unseeded clouds, microscopic droplets of water vapor are attracted to atmospheric aerosols like dust or pollen or salt from the sea.
—Koh Ewe, TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
But nobody told unseeded Danielle Collins, who reached Saturday’s women’s final and upset 4-seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, 7-5, 6-3.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2024
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Koh Ewe, TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
But nobody told unseeded Danielle Collins, who reached Saturday’s women’s final and upset 4-seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, 7-5, 6-3.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2024
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“Unseeded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unseeded. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
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