unseeded
Not yet planted
Unseeded describes a player or team not given a ranking in a tournament bracket.
Seeding protects top competitors from facing each other in early rounds, so unseeded players must fight through the full draw: The unseeded qualifier shocked everyone by reaching the final.
In gardening, unseeded ground hasn't been planted yet.
Lacking official standing
- qualifierWord or phrase limiting meaning
- wildcardUnpredictable factor in play
- darkhorseUnlikely winner, previously unknown
- outsiderOne excluded from group
longshot · underdog · challenger · unproven · newcomer · rookie · novice · unknown
Unplanted field recovering
- unplantedNot put in soil
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
- volunteerUnpaid willing participant
- self-sownGerminated without human planting
no-till · open-pollinated · heirloom · unthinned · naturalized · rainfed · non-GMO · organic
Unpaid willing participant
- naturalizedGiven citizenship status
- untendedNot looked after
- uncultivatedNot tended or planted
- feralWild after domestication
native · indigenous · windblown · spontaneous · escaped · rewilded · unmanaged
Not given out
- unchosenNot picked or selected
- unpickedNot yet selected
- arbitraryBased on personal whim
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
haphazard · aleatory · stochastic · unselected · indeterminate · randomized · unordered · unsorted
unranked
Lacking official standing
- qualifierWord or phrase limiting meaning
- wildcardUnpredictable factor in play
- darkhorseUnlikely winner, previously unknown
outsider · longshot · underdog · challenger · unproven · newcomer · rookie · novice · unknown · overlooked
fallow
Unplanted field recovering
self-sown · no-till · open-pollinated · heirloom · unthinned · naturalized · rainfed · non-GMO · organic · permaculture
volunteer
Unpaid willing participant
- naturalizedGiven citizenship status
- untendedNot looked after
- uncultivatedNot tended or planted
feral · native · indigenous · windblown · spontaneous · escaped · rewilded · unmanaged
unassigned
Not given out
chance · haphazard · aleatory · stochastic · unselected · indeterminate · randomized · unordered · unsorted · unallocated
- tennisace, serve, forehand, backhand, volley
- competitor statusactive, inactive, retired, current, former
- rankingsrankings, first, college rankings, second, third
- tournament bracketsbracket, seedings, bye, matchup, matchups
- game statespaused, loading, ended, active, finished
- standingsrankings, leaderboard, league table, ladder, placement
unseededseeded
Placed in ranking order
ranked · number one seed · favored · favorite · frontrunner
unseededseeded
Placed in ranking order
planted · sown · sowed · cultivated · put in
unseededseeded
Placed in ranking order
unpitted · whole · unprocessed
seed, seeds, seeded, seedling, seeding, disseminate, seedless