unrecognized
adjective
, -kəg-\
Definition of unrecognized
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Synonyms & Antonyms for unrecognized
Synonyms
nameless, no-name, noteless, obscure, uncelebrated, unfamous, unknown, unsung
Antonyms
celebrated, famed, famous, noted, notorious, prominent, renowned, well-known
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Her personal niche as a curator is to highlight small, often unrecognized facets of an artist’s output. — Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, "After a national search, MCA Denver hires from within to fill executive director role," 20 Aug. 2019 Heat illness symptoms can look like other illnesses and heart attacks can go unrecognized when heat-induced. — NBC News, "In the hot seat: UPS delivery drivers at risk of heat-related illnesses," 18 July 2019 The unrecognized incentive for providers and insurers is to increase prices in order to increase the size of the discount. — J.b. Silvers, The Conversation, "Health care price transparency: Fool’s gold, or real money in your pocket?," 24 June 2019 Late Saturday afternoon, the former two-term Colorado governor was wandering—almost unrecognized—on the fringes of a claque of Joe Biden supporters after the end of South Carolina Democratic convention in Columbia. — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, "Waist-Deep in the ‘Big Muddle’," 24 June 2019 In addition, club officials said one scholarship at each school is given to a student with special needs, a population of young people that often goes unrecognized. — James Kaspar, Pomerado News, "Rancho Bernardo Rotarians award $12K in scholarships," 6 June 2019 These qualities of the Sandinista government went largely, but not entirely, unrecognized in U.S. media at the time, and have remained only at the fringes of American awareness since. — Jeffrey L. Gould, The New Republic, "Making Sense of Bernie’s Sandinista Sympathies," 6 June 2019 The project aims to celebrate the unrecognized Chinese-American servicemen and women who volunteered or were drafted in World War II when the Chinese Exclusion Act was still in place. — Chris Fuchs /, NBC News, "A retired major general takes on a new mission: making sure World War II vets get their due," 25 May 2018 For the past seven years, in the northeast wedge of Syria abutting Turkey, Iraq and Islamic State, a band of zealous Kurds have built an unrecognized state called Rojava and tried to keep it from being overrun. — Graeme Wood, WSJ, "‘Long Shot’ Review: Triggering a Revolution," 18 Feb. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unrecognized.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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unrecognized
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