unestablished
/ʌnɪˈstablɪʃt
/ /ʌnɛˈstablɪʃt/adjective
1Not established: unestablished denominations...
- As a result of an unestablished link between long-haul flights and various medical conditions, the DVT controversy has involved numerous high-profile lawyers and politicians pushing for compensation.
- She was working at Marshall Cavendish partworks at the time, and so unestablished was her career as an author that she simply popped out during the afternoon to attend the prize-giving.
- What happened on Sunday morning, as far as the media reports have it, is that for some, as yet unestablished, reason, a stampede broke out among the thousands of pilgrims who were on their way from Arafah to the Jamarat Bridge near Mina.
2Not forming part of the permanent staff: an unestablished professor of anatomy...
- The SSI also warned in its annual report 2003, published yesterday, that ‘the unestablished basis of the Inspectorate, with all staff employed on temporary contracts, has the potential to compromise the authority.’
- Yet, for those who are unestablished, gaining recognition in the profession is a tough journey.