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.

—Paul Strathern

Examples of undiscovered in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Cabrera theorized the killings occurred around dusk on Saturday and the Jacobs’ bodies lay undiscovered until Monday morning. —Graham Womack updated January 15, Sacbee.com, 16 Jan. 2026

This ability was leveraged by scientists in 2016 to image a previously undiscovered corridor in the Great Pyramid of Giza. —Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 8 Jan. 2026

There is absolutely no evidence that frauds of this type or anywhere near this scale are happening in any of the other four states, or frankly that there is a large volume of as-yet-undiscovered fraud in Minnesota itself. —New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026

And as-yet-undiscovered viruses can always emerge in the future as humans disrupt ecosystems and travel around the world. —Patrick Jackson, The Conversation, 7 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1555, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for undiscovered

• covered
• hovered
• discovered
• recovered
• uncovered
• rediscovered
• unrecovered