Unexpired Meaning
/ˌʌnɪˈkspaɪərd/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjNot having expired.
adjOf food: not having reached its expiry date.
Sentence Examples
The tenant was given a notice to leave the property after an unexpired term.
The coupon is valid as long as it remains in an unexpired state.
You can travel as long as your passport is unexpired.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She successfully used her ____ driver's license to rent the car last week.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Please make sure that you carry an ____ passport with you when you travel to different countries this summer today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English un- English expired English unexpired From un- + expired.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1859, Charles Dickens, 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."
— 1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados:
"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."
— 1945 March and April, T. F. Cameron, “New Works Procedure”, in Railway Magazine, page 72:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She successfully used her ____ driver's license to rent the car last week.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Please make sure that you carry an ____ passport with you when you travel to different countries this summer today.