undiscovered
adjective
un·dis·cov·ered
ˌən-di-ˈskə-vərd 
: not found or found out : not discovered
an undiscovered island
as yet undiscovered talents
undiscovered motives
… detected the presence of a hitherto undiscovered element.—
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Titanic remained undiscovered at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean until an expedition led by Jean-Louis Michel and Robert Ballard reached the wreck on September 1, 1985.
—ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
When studies on economic opportunity get blocked, effective pathways out of poverty remain undiscovered, and families struggle to make ends meet.
—Andrew V. Papachristos, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Objects need to be at least 400 km or so in size to round out via self-gravity, and there’s still lots of room for large numbers of them to lurk undiscovered in the darkness beyond Neptune.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2025
Teams will drop players from their list to make room for another target and another club can freely claim the rights of the nominally undiscovered player.
—Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
When studies on economic opportunity get blocked, effective pathways out of poverty remain undiscovered, and families struggle to make ends meet.
—Andrew V. Papachristos, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Objects need to be at least 400 km or so in size to round out via self-gravity, and there’s still lots of room for large numbers of them to lurk undiscovered in the darkness beyond Neptune.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2025
Teams will drop players from their list to make room for another target and another club can freely claim the rights of the nominally undiscovered player.
—Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Undiscovered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undiscovered. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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