unseeded

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unseeded

(ʌnˈsiːdɪd)

adj

(General Sporting Terms) (of players in various sports) not assigned to a preferential position in the preliminary rounds of a tournament. See seed¹⁸

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Adj.	1.	unseeded - not seeded; used of players of lesser skill seeded - (of the more skilled contestants) selectively arranged in the draw for position in a tournament so that they meet each other in later rounds
	2.	unseeded - (of a piece of ground) not have a crop sown on it; "farmland still unsown" unsown unplanted - not planted

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unseeded

[ˈʌnˈsiːdɪd] ADJ [player, team] → que no es cabeza de serie

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

unseeded

[ˌʌnˈsiːdɪd] adj (SPORT) → non classé(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

unseeded

adj → unplatziert

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unseeded

[ʌnˈsiːdɪd] adj (Sport) → che non è una testa di serie

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