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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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 See All Example Sentences for undiscovered

Word History

First Known Use

1555, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 25 Apr. 2025.

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