unacknowledged
adjective
un·ac·knowl·edged
ˌən-ik-ˈnä-lijd 
-ak-
: not generally recognized, accepted, or admitted : not acknowledged
His involvement in the cover-up has remained unacknowledged.
Her efforts should not go unacknowledged.
Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.—
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Outside the United States his firm classes prediction markets as unacknowledged gambling.
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But one of the show’s leading creative forces went unacknowledged — for good reason.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 8 June 2026
The nation’s minorities were almost totally unacknowledged.
—Fergus M. Bordewich, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
The loss often goes unacknowledged, the wound untended to.
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Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
But one of the show’s leading creative forces went unacknowledged — for good reason.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 8 June 2026
The nation’s minorities were almost totally unacknowledged.
—Fergus M. Bordewich, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
The loss often goes unacknowledged, the wound untended to.
—Literary Hub, 11 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unacknowledged
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“Unacknowledged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unacknowledged. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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