unpublished

adjective un·pub·lished \ ˌən-ˈpə-blisht \

|Updated on: 15 Jul 2018

Definition of unpublished

: 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an unpublished book/manuscript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an unpublished author

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Recent Examples of unpublished from the Web

Witness one as-yet-unpublished study in late June that was presented at the AHIP expo in San Diego.

— clifton leaf, Fortune, "Why Hasn’t Telemedicine Taken Off? Hey, Blame This Guy.," 3 July 2018
Seven years on, that memory was part of his motivation in launching the JW Anderson Your Picture/Your Future search: to galvanize a new generation of unpublished photographers and image makes aged 18-30.

— sarah mower, Vogue, "JW Anderson Gives Young Photographers a Future," 18 May 2018
In a second, unpublished study that will soon also appear in Neuron, researchers exposed mouse and brain cells to the implicated herpes viruses.

— jason daley, Smithsonian, "Childhood Virus May Have a Role in Alzheimer’s Disease," 23 June 2018
Of those, 86 were unpublished studies found on trial registries and company websites.

— New York Times, "Do Antidepressants Work?," 12 Mar. 2018
Some still-unpublished studies have suggested that labeling fake news as such on Facebook could cause more people to share it.

— robinson meyer, The Atlantic, "Why It’s Okay to Call It ‘Fake News’," 9 Mar. 2018
For starters, it was first unveiled on the website of Manchester City–the favorite and most spoiled child of the City Football Group family–before ultimately being unpublished.

— avi creditor, SI.com, "The MLS XI, Week 15: Au Revoir, Patrick Vieira," 11 June 2018
The unpublished reports describe violations by both government and opposition forces but most of the accounts blame government troops for instigating attacks and deliberately targeting civilians.

— sam mednick, Fox News, "South Sudan's latest civil war atrocities kept out of sight," 7 June 2018
Applicants should submit a CV, cover letter and an original unpublished article to arrive by midnight on July 1st to 1843magazine@economist.com.

— The Economist, "1843 intern," 6 June 2018

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