unrecognizedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈrɛkəɡnʌɪzd/, U.S. /ˌənˈrɛkə(ɡ)ˌnaɪzd/ Not recognized.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > recognition > absence of recognition > [adjective] > not recognized
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unidentified1861
1710 W. Higden View Eng. Constit. (ed. 3) Pref. sig. A2v The Unpossess'd, Unrecognized Heir was never stiled and held to be our Sovereign Lord the King by any.
1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab vi. 82 Not a thought,..Nor the events enchaining every will,..pass Unrecognised, or unforeseen by thee.
1853 M. Faraday Let. 30 June in P. Day Philosopher's Tree (1999) xii. 180 The effect produced by table-turners has been referred to electricity, to magnetism, to attraction, to some unknown or hitherto unrecognized physical power able to effect inanimate bodies.., and even to diabolical or supernatural agency.
1861 A. J. Penny Romance Dull Life xxxvii. 265 She felt she was still in unrecognised disgrace.
1934 D. Thomas Let. Oct. (1987) 169 Have you a mattress & a chair either to give or sell to two poor, unrecognised geniuses?
1977 A. Hallam Planet Earth 60/1 Another common type of shear—which caused little trouble to miners and so was unrecognised for many years—is..known as a strike-slip.
2008 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 20 July 14/2 The lexicographically unrecognized word [sc. ‘inartful’] was mantracized by the Obama staff.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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