undescribedadj.
/ˌʌndᵻˈskrʌɪbd/, U.S. /ˌəndəˈskraɪbd/, /ˌəndiˈskraɪbd/ 1.
a. Not described; not expressed in words.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [adjective] > not mentioned
unsaidc1000
untouchedc1380
untoldc1386
unreckoneda1425
undescrived1435
unrehearsedc1443
unrecitedc1487
unrecountedc1487
unspoken1487
unpronounced1496
unconfesseda1500
indiscussed1534
unmentioned1545
unpreachedc1555
unexpressed1561
unquoted1567
undescribed1575
unreported1576
unrepeated1577
uncited1581
unalleged1587
undelated1597
untalked1599
unspoke1608
unrelated1611
unuttered1651
unimparted1655
unlanguaged1677
uncommented1751
unchanted1820
unwhispered1821
unbreatheda1827
unpoetized1831
unenounceda1856
unvoiced1859
unworded1860
unstated1864
unadmitted1895
1575 T. Cartwright Second Replie agaynst Dr. Whitgiftes Second Answer p. ccccxlvi As the Lord set forth the one, so he left nothing vndescribed in the other.
1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. 11 A description of places vndescribed by John Leo.
1689 J. Collier Moral Ess. conc. Pride 31 I had rather leave it undescribed than be forced to give it its proper Character.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. ii. i. 91 It is a change such as History must beg her readers to imagine, undescribed.
1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice (1874) I. Pref. p. vi The reader will find..that the buildings..have been hitherto undescribed.
b. spec. Not yet scientifically described. (Cf. nondescript n. 1.)
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the world > life > biology > taxonomy > [adjective] > not yet described (of species, etc.)
nondescript1670
undescribedc1680
unfigured1822
c1680 Enquiries 2/1 Have you any undescribed Plants, or others of special note?
1769 T. Pennant in Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 94 We believe this species to have been undescribed.
1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. xxi. 221 Two or three Brazilian species in my cabinet, that seem undescribed.
1890 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 26 76/2 A very beautiful species of Metopidia, which I believe to be undescribed.
2. Not marked off or delineated.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > state of being unprovable > [adjective] > not investigated or explained
undiscovereda1542
uncleared1592
uncertain1617
indeterminate1626
uncircumstantial1646
unfathomed1659
unexcussed1660
unanalysed1754
uncircumstanced1766
unaccreditated1806
unelucidateda1832
undescribed1852
1852 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 475 The Atlantean axis of the world And all the undescribed circumference.
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