unacknowledged

adjective

un·​ac·​knowl·​edged ˌən-ik-ˈnä-lijd 

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: 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

Examples of unacknowledged in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

However, this line of argumentation leaves unacknowledged the ways in which professionalization and academic exploration are importantly intertwined, rather than at odds. — Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Whereas attacks on mariners from other countries, including Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador, have been widely reported, the killing of Mexican seafarers has gone unacknowledged by the Mexican government — and largely unnoticed internationally. — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

Poland and its partition also played an unacknowledged part in the British response to the Declaration. — David Armitage, Washington Post, 26 June 2026

But one of the show’s leading creative forces went unacknowledged — for good reason. — Brent Lang, Variety, 8 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1583, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unacknowledged

• acknowledged