unpublished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an unpublished book/manuscript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an unpublished author

Examples of unpublished in a Sentence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

The proverbial foot in the door between TCU Press and the Phillips family came a few years ago, when literary agent Jim Donovan contacted the department about an unpublished memoir on the author. — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026

The author compared the cases to 42 published and roughly 300 unpublished incidents of conventional radiofrequency injury where the source of the radiation was known. — Stefan Becket, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

Finding unpublished pictures of Arnold Schwarzenegger feeding poor families proved harder than finding unpublished pictures of Arnold Schwarzenegger naked. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026

The precise figures go unpublished, all wrapped up in one big commercial total in the accounts, but there is unlikely to be a bigger deal of its kind in the Premier League. — James Pearce, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1587, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unpublished

• published
• republished