Undiscovered

adj, verb

adj, verb ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of undiscover form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    That has not been discovered; unknown, unexplored. not-comparable

    "⁠But thou and I have shaken hands, ⁠Till growing winters lay me low; ⁠My paths are in the fields I know, And thine in undiscover’d lands."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not yet discovered wordnet
  2. 2
    not discovered wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
undetectedunknownableenigmaticincalculableincognizable

Example

More examples

"Christopher Columbus's secret love letters to Queen Isabella - undiscovered for centuries - have been rumored to rival, if not surpass, the Kama Sutra."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From un- + discovered.

Etymology 2

From undiscover + -ed.

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