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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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 22 May 2025
Coogler cast Jordan as Adonis Johnson, an aspiring fighter who is the illegitimate (and unacknowledged) son of Rocky Balboa’s nemesis turned friend, Apollo Creed.
—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Recognition and Reward Disparities: Certain employees' achievements receive public praise and tangible rewards, while equal or greater contributions from others go unacknowledged.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
If the connections go widely unacknowledged, that’s only because Hess’s body of work has been unduly ignored by most critics, let alone viewers.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Unacknowledged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unacknowledged. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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