unpublished
adjective
un·pub·lished ˌən-ˈpə-blisht 
: not published: such as
a
: not released for public distribution or sale
an unpublished book/manuscript
b
: having no works that have been published
an unpublished author
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The artwork also features previously unpublished photos by Harvey’s longtime collaborator, Maria Mochnacz. 
Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2022 An Israeli academic noticed a photo of this previously undocumented text in a colleague's unpublished papers and notified Klein, who tracked down the owner, the antiquities authority said. Ilan Ben Zion, ajc, 7 Sep. 2022 After the author died in 1995, at age 74, Vitija poured over her unpublished diaries, which the Swiss Literary Archives had acquired. Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2022 Selick and Peele co-wrote the screenplay adapted from Clay McLeod Chapman’s unpublished book of the same name. Okla Jones, Essence, 6 Sep. 2022 But aside from the title initially intended to complete his Aran Islands trilogy, The Banshees of Inisherin remained for decades at a larval stage, unproduced and unpublished. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2022 Nicole Brown, a researcher for the College of William & Mary and Colonial Williamsburg, recently came across an unpublished manuscript written by the daughter of Ambler about life during the Revolution. Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022 The highlight of this collection of autobiographical prose is an account, almost all of it previously unpublished, of Lowell’s early life, up to the age of thirteen. The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022 What the industry representatives didn’t disclose was that the papers were unpublished and had been paid for by lobbyists. Emily Corwin, ProPublica, 23 Aug. 2022 See More
Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2022 An Israeli academic noticed a photo of this previously undocumented text in a colleague's unpublished papers and notified Klein, who tracked down the owner, the antiquities authority said. Ilan Ben Zion, ajc, 7 Sep. 2022 After the author died in 1995, at age 74, Vitija poured over her unpublished diaries, which the Swiss Literary Archives had acquired. Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2022 Selick and Peele co-wrote the screenplay adapted from Clay McLeod Chapman’s unpublished book of the same name. Okla Jones, Essence, 6 Sep. 2022 But aside from the title initially intended to complete his Aran Islands trilogy, The Banshees of Inisherin remained for decades at a larval stage, unproduced and unpublished. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2022 Nicole Brown, a researcher for the College of William & Mary and Colonial Williamsburg, recently came across an unpublished manuscript written by the daughter of Ambler about life during the Revolution. Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022 The highlight of this collection of autobiographical prose is an account, almost all of it previously unpublished, of Lowell’s early life, up to the age of thirteen. The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022 What the industry representatives didn’t disclose was that the papers were unpublished and had been paid for by lobbyists. Emily Corwin, ProPublica, 23 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1587, in the meaning defined above