undiscovered
adjective
un·dis·cov·ered
ˌən-di-ˈskə-vərd 
: not found or found out : not discovered
an undiscovered island
as yet undiscovered talents
undiscovered motives
… detected the presence of a hitherto undiscovered element.—
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Whereas places like Hickory, North Carolina, which topped the charts in the analysis, were previously undiscovered and had room to grow.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
Fortunately, a series of next-generation observatories are set to come online in the next few years — including one named after an American astronomer, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, which will spot millions of faint and previously undiscovered asteroids .
—Robin George Andrews, New York Times, 20 May 2024
If so, this could explain how builders managed to transport the monuments’ materials, as well as potentially guide researchers towards undiscovered sites in the future.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 May 2024
Revisiting the Atlanta: Why Shipwrecks are so Common on the Great Lakes
How Technology Finds Lost Ships
For centuries, lost ships have gone undiscovered, with no survivors to offer clues as to where and why the ship went down.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 6 May 2024
Another tool, called the Floer number, can hint at undiscovered families of orbits.
—Leila Sloman, WIRED, 5 May 2024
Don’t Google Easter Eggs… The game is riddled with hidden details and secret paths — some, in fact, remain undiscovered to this day.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Amazingly, this hangout spot (where some of the friends even spent several shivery nights), went undiscovered for four years.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 7 Mar. 2024
The ancient texts remained undiscovered for centuries until an Italian farmer discovered the villa in the mid-eighteenth century.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2024
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
Fortunately, a series of next-generation observatories are set to come online in the next few years — including one named after an American astronomer, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, which will spot millions of faint and previously undiscovered asteroids .
—Robin George Andrews, New York Times, 20 May 2024
If so, this could explain how builders managed to transport the monuments’ materials, as well as potentially guide researchers towards undiscovered sites in the future.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 May 2024
Revisiting the Atlanta: Why Shipwrecks are so Common on the Great Lakes
How Technology Finds Lost Ships
For centuries, lost ships have gone undiscovered, with no survivors to offer clues as to where and why the ship went down.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 6 May 2024
Another tool, called the Floer number, can hint at undiscovered families of orbits.
—Leila Sloman, WIRED, 5 May 2024
Don’t Google Easter Eggs… The game is riddled with hidden details and secret paths — some, in fact, remain undiscovered to this day.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Amazingly, this hangout spot (where some of the friends even spent several shivery nights), went undiscovered for four years.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 7 Mar. 2024
The ancient texts remained undiscovered for centuries until an Italian farmer discovered the villa in the mid-eighteenth century.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2024
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