unpublished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an unpublished book/manuscript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an unpublished author

Examples of unpublished in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In May, the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, a prestigious award for unpublished fiction, faced allegations that three of this year’s winning stories had been at least partially written by AI. — Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2026

The showrunner, Ira Parker, recently told THR that Martin gave him unpublished pages of Dunk and Egg’s adventures that were incorporated into the scripts. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026

One as-yet-unpublished study — it is posted online as a preprint — looked at successive blood samples taken over a five-year period from about 1,100 people who had been vaccinated during previous outbreaks. — Helen Branswell, STAT, 22 July 2026

Since Salinger’s death in 2010, his family-run estate has teased plans to release his unpublished works created after his retirement from public life in the mid-1960s. — Adam Messinger, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1587, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unpublished

• published
• republished