unpublished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an unpublished book/manuscript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an unpublished author

Examples of unpublished in a Sentence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

Last month, Madadi scoured her archives and discovered an unpublished letter that Koren had submitted to The Lancet—without her knowledge but with her name as a co-signatory—in his initial attempt to suppress Bateman’s critique. —Ben Taub, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026

Patti Smith’s unpublished poems are sitting pretty in the Manuscripts & Archives division, midtown. —Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026

The same study also found a higher risk among people who regularly drank low- or no-sugar beverages, such as diet soda, though these findings are based on an unpublished conference report. —Caitlin Beale, Health, 20 Jan. 2026

The team developed a set of AI models, called Eden, which were trained on a vast, previously unpublished biological dataset assembled by Basecamp. —Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1587, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unpublished

• published
• republished