undiscovered

adjective

un·​dis·​cov·​ered ˌən-di-ˈskə-vərd How to pronounce undiscovered (audio)
: not found or found out : not discovered
an undiscovered island
as yet undiscovered talents
undiscovered motives
… detected the presence of a hitherto undiscovered element.Paul Strathern

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This omission, as well as the fact that this version of the sonnet has a different beginning than the original, may explain how a copy of a Shakespeare poem remained undiscovered for centuries, according to Veronese. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025 This is the true undiscovered country, where artificial agents will embed complex programs inside these large Merkle trees. BitVM, recently released by Stanford Ph.D. student Robin Linus, gives a glimpse of the full power of what is possible under Taproot. Korok Ray, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024 The body of a Pennsylvania man went undiscovered for more than a month after his SUV plunged off a bridge and sank in an icy lake, according to investigators in West Virginia. Mark Price, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025 And yet, when the Four Seasons Nevis came on the scene in 1991, the island was relatively undiscovered by travelers. Laura Begley Bloom, AFAR Media, 27 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for undiscovered

Word History

First Known Use

1555, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of undiscovered was in 1555

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“Undiscovered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undiscovered. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.

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