Underdocumented

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having inadequate documentation.

    "Copeland, like most slaves, is woefully underdocumented; we know that she somehow became literate, migrated to New York in the 1880s and found a job in domestic service."

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"Copeland, like most slaves, is woefully underdocumented; we know that she somehow became literate, migrated to New York in the 1880s and found a job in domestic service."

Etymology

From under- + documented.

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