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
Recent Examples on the Web
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
Kishida's public support eroded amid revelations about the party's ties to the controversial Unification Church, and more recently, unrecorded political donations made at LDP fundraising parties.
—Tim Kelly, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024
Unwritten and unrecorded, the religious binds mean nothing.
—Pedestrian, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2015
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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
Kishida's public support eroded amid revelations about the party's ties to the controversial Unification Church, and more recently, unrecorded political donations made at LDP fundraising parties.
—Tim Kelly, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024
Unwritten and unrecorded, the religious binds mean nothing.
—Pedestrian, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2015
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“Unrecorded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unrecorded. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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