unseeded

unseeded
[[t]ʌ̱nsi͟ːdɪd[/t]]
ADJ
In tennis and badminton competitions, an unseeded player is someone who has not been ranked among the top 16 players by the competition's organizers.

He was understandably dejected after losing in the first round to an unseeded American.

Ant:
seeded

English dictionary. 2008.

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