undiscovered
adjective
un·dis·cov·ered
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Definition of undiscovered
: 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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Yet only 10 percent of the worldâs waters have been mapped with sonar, and scientists estimate up to two-thirds of marine life remains undiscovered. — National Geographic, "Scientists tag deep-sea shark hundreds of feet underwaterâa first," 5 Sep. 2019 Retro gaming collectors will surely want to figure out how the heck this NWC cart went undiscovered for so longâand whether this offers hope for more copies hiding in the wild. — Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, "$13,000 NES cartridge found at the bottom of a Safeway sack," 8 Aug. 2019 Russia wants to stake its claim in the region that is believed to hold up to one-fourth of the Earthâs undiscovered oil and gas. — David Rising, BostonGlobe.com, "World powers increasingly see icy Arctic as a hot property," 22 Aug. 2019 Some sections of the miles-long catacombs have been rarely explored, and experts believe more remain undiscovered. — Meghan Miner Murray, National Geographic, "9 of Europeâs underground marvels," 2 Aug. 2019 The species has remained undiscovered until now, scientists believe, due to the remote nature of its dimly lit home reef which is below recreational diving limits. — Yomi Kazeem, Quartz Africa, "A newly discovered fish in the âWakandaâ of African reefs has been named in honor of Black Panther," 12 July 2019 Currently, many physicists are excited about a more substantial form of black-hole atmosphere, which depends on the existence of undiscovered particles that are very light but not massless. — Frank Wilczek, WSJ, "Black Holes May Have âHairâ That We Can See," 3 Jan. 2019 Scientists then measure the position of the proton collisions to analyze what's happening and find more undiscovered particles. — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, "Watch the Large Hadron Collider Get a Tune Up," 2 Mar. 2017 For decades, the most popular explanation for such phenomena was that dark matter is made of as-yet undiscovered weakly interacting massive particles, known as WIMPs. — Quanta Magazine, "In the Deep, a Drive to Find Dark Matter," 20 Dec. 2016These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'undiscovered.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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undiscovered
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of undiscovered
: not having been found or noticed : not discovered
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undiscovered
adjective
un·dis·cov·ered
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Kids Definition of undiscovered
: not discovered
an undiscovered island
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