unrecognized

adjective un·rec·og·nized \ ˌən-ˈre-kig-ˌnīzd , -kəg- \

|Updated on: 10 Jul 2018

Definition of unrecognized

: not recognized: such as

a : not given deserved attention or notice

Her achievements were left unrecognized.

b : not identified, detected, or known

a problem that has gone unrecognized for months

unrecognized symptoms

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Recent Examples of unrecognized from the Web

Her scientific contributions went unrecognized while Einstein's were celebrated.

— kitty leshay, Courant Community, "A Culminating Event For Readers," 3 July 2018
Unacknowledged or unrecognized trauma makes people desperate, and that can lead to bad things.

— tori telfer, Longreads, "‘I Had Nothing To Do With It But Have Been Punished’: Issac Bailey On His Brother Moochie, the Murderer," 22 June 2018
Yet her pioneering work is all but unrecognized in the city, which has no shortage of statues and monuments to leading white men.

— peter slevin, chicagotribune.com, "'You can’t just gloss over this history': The movement to honor Ida B. Wells gains momentum," 18 June 2018
Despite being a common illness with profound negative effects, most depression among pregnant and postpartum women goes unrecognized and untreated.

— nancy byatt, Philly.com, "Depression affects one in 7 pregnant women. Why isn't there more help for them?," 8 June 2018
Scientific knowledge is the result of collective effort, and often the labor of junior scientists—especially women of color—goes unrecognized.

— Smithsonian, "Andean Solstice Celebrations Capture the Wondrous Churn of Spacetime," 22 June 2018
The hope is to shine a light on a broad scope of creatives who might otherwise go unrecognized.

— ryan patrick hooper, Detroit Free Press, "Detroit artists receive $25,000 grants from Kresge," 20 June 2018
Jackson, a North Miami High alumnus, and the other players who helped fill a ragtag team early in the 1987 season went unrecognized.

— jordan mcpherson, miamiherald, "It took 31 years, but this North Miami High alum finally received his Super Bowl ring," 15 June 2018
At the time, the Globe Hall's position in local music history went mostly unrecognized, with the press focusing its attention on sensational elements of the place's reputation.

— doug maccash, NOLA.com, "David Byrne cancels New Orleans show in Oct. Simple Minds due in Nov.," 4 June 2018

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