Idiom
dictated but not read
Meaning
Dictated, as to a secretary or stenographer, but not proofread by the person who dictated it.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The letter arrived marked dictated but not read.”
“The busy executive signed the stack of letters, leaving them marked dictated but not read before leaving for the airport.”
“Because the author was in such a hurry to meet the publishing deadline, the final manuscript was sent to the editor marked dictated but not read.”
Examples
simple
“The letter arrived marked dictated but not read.”
contextual
“The busy executive signed the stack of letters, leaving them marked dictated but not read before leaving for the airport.”
complex
“Because the author was in such a hurry to meet the publishing deadline, the final manuscript was sent to the editor marked dictated but not read.”
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