unrecorded
adjective
un·re·cord·ed
ˌən-ri-ˈkȯr-dəd 
: not recorded: such as
a
: not written down or included in an official record
unrecorded folklore
previously unrecorded phenomenon/species
unrecorded property deeds
Until weather satellites became common in the 1970s, many tropical storms went unrecorded …—
Thomas Hayden
Thomas Hayden
b
: not recorded on a disc, magnetic tape, etc.
an unrecorded interview/conversation
Examples of unrecorded in a Sentence
an unrecorded contribution to the scholarship fund
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The roomful of ALOHAs was unlocking the subtle physical details of everyday life, arguably one of the last expanses of unrecorded human activity.
—James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
The Committee of the Whole would go back to unrecorded votes, and standing committees would stop recording how individual members voted.
—James D’angelo, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
While examining old surveys of forests in Mexico, researchers have discovered a previously unrecorded Maya city.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
Tokarczuk’s work points to an alternative world where humans may not be the only actors and reason is not the end of knowledge, an alternative history that finds its roots in the kinds of stories that go unrecorded.
—Bekah Waalkes, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2024
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James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
The Committee of the Whole would go back to unrecorded votes, and standing committees would stop recording how individual members voted.
—James D’angelo, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
While examining old surveys of forests in Mexico, researchers have discovered a previously unrecorded Maya city.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
Tokarczuk’s work points to an alternative world where humans may not be the only actors and reason is not the end of knowledge, an alternative history that finds its roots in the kinds of stories that go unrecorded.
—Bekah Waalkes, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Unrecorded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unrecorded. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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