undocumented

Definition of undocumentednext

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Recent Examples of undocumented Porter, who questioned whether the policy was realistic last year, cast herself as a staunch defender of it, and of healthcare for undocumented immigrants. Ben Paviour may 6, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026 But tensions escalated last year as ICE rounded up undocumented workers, with construction sites in South Texas being forced to shut down due to a lack of workers. James Osborne, Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2026 Cerda says this Latino wealth gap report is important because the immigration crackdown of undocumented Latino people leads to uncertainty about their futures, the inability to be promoted or to apply for other jobs because of their undocumented status, which ultimately harms Texas’ economy. Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 May 2026 Many undocumented immigrants are caught up in a grey area, and each situation is different. Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for undocumented
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undocumented
Adjective
  • The prosecutor also asked W to opine as to whether certain hypothetical facts, which closely resembled the facts in the cases involving P and C, were consistent with grooming behavior.
    Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
  • The question was, in essence, hypothetical.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
Adjective
  • Like other collectible alternative assets, such as fine art, rare watches and classic cars, cask investing is a high-risk, speculative, long-term bet on a largely unregulated, illiquid asset.
    Hugh Leask, CNBC, 9 May 2026
  • Plans by Becknell are to build the speculative structure, to be called Northwind North Business Park, and utilize it for light industrial businesses to rent.
    Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
Adjective
  • What may sound apocryphal—like an old man crafting a fiery archetype—has been verified by at least one notable fan.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
  • As far back as 2016, Trump was regaling audiences at rallies with apocryphal stories about an American general shooting Muslims with bullets coated in pig’s blood.
    Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • These proposals rely heavily on theoretical risk models, selective interpretation of data and precautionary assumptions rather than demonstrated real-world patterns of harm sufficient to justify criminalization.
    Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 8 May 2026
  • This entry introduces the concept of media dependency through one of the most influential theories, the media dependency system model, and its relation to other theoretical frameworks such as uses and gratifications theory and the power dependency model.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
Adjective
  • To find Hydra, first locate the bright stars Chertan and Regulus in the constellation Leo and draw an imaginary line from the former to the latter, extending 20 degrees into open space.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 9 May 2026
  • Artists in the 18th century would often include a person of color, who would sometimes be imaginary, in their portraits of wealthy white sitters to embellish the painting and highlight the high status of the main subject, according to the researchers.
    Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
Adjective
  • Moore said that no matter how famous a host or a guest is, or how elaborate and slick a production is, an unauthentic product will not resonate with audiences.
    Yahya Salem, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Inaccurate debunks Amid the recycled imagery, authentic pictures of National Guard members sleeping on the floor of a federal building in Los Angeles this week were falsely described as old or unauthentic.
    Emma Li, CBS News, 11 June 2025
Adjective
  • There are only a few other nuclear plays, and most of them are chimerical.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The treatment involves reengineering T cells—a type of immune defender—into chimeric antigen receptor T cells (hence, CAR-T) that can kill other cells of scientists’ choosing.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Their stories live on in Sardinian lore with an almost mythical quality, the brigands admired for their intractability.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
  • Komodo dragons were nearly mythical creatures until the first detailed field study was conducted by Walter Auffenberg in the late 1960s.
    Craig Stanford, Big Think, 7 May 2026

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“Undocumented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undocumented. Accessed 15 May. 2026.

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