undocumented

Definition of undocumentednext

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Recent Examples of undocumented Republican lawmakers attempted multiple times this past legislative session to impose similar restrictions on college admissions for undocumented and non-Florida residents. Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026 Last January, a three-day raid in Kern County where undocumented laborers were arrested set off panic in the Central Valley and other farming regions with large immigrant workforces. Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026 The plan also maintains full scope Medi-Cal for asylees and other immigrant groups who were cut out of Medicaid by the federal government and delays Medi-Cal premiums for undocumented immigrants that would otherwise begin on July 1, 2027 to July 1, 2028. Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2026 Many of their songs are about undocumented workers trying to make a living while evading immigration agents. Adrian Florido, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for undocumented
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undocumented
Adjective
  • For example, in a hypothetical scenario where total damages equal $100,000, if a court or insurance company determines the injured party was 10% at fault for the crash, the final award would be reduced by that percentage, or $10,000.
    William Jones, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2026
  • This prospect may not be merely hypothetical, as United Airlines and American Airlines have reportedly discussed merging into one company.
    Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Without that information, conclusions about feasibility are at best speculative.
    Charles Rilli, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026
  • When speculative trades piled in, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia were forced to abandon their currency pegs, triggering cascading defaults and deep economic contractions that were worsened by International Monetary Fund austerity programs.
    Anniek Bao,Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • 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
  • There are other apocryphal gospels named after important people in Jesus’ life and ministry, such as the Gospel of Mary.
    Christy Cobb, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Moreover, according to the researchers, their technique works even when there is no perfect theoretical model of the material, and the sample is not pure (which is often the case in real-world materials).
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 11 Apr. 2026
  • This week, that scenario started to feel less theoretical.
    Kevin Collier, NBC news, 11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • And so the super, super devoted fans really do know each other and really are jockeying with each other for position in a way that feels both real and imaginary.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
  • No borders and a thin blue line Viewing the Earth from space, White highlights, drives home that the borders that mark our maps are largely imaginary.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 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
  • 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
  • The German physician-scientist could produce the cells — chimeric antigen receptors, or CARs — at his institution, which was half the battle.
    Isabella Cueto, STAT, 9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Beyond the family drama, the play also expands into something mythic — that they are all connected not only across generations, but through a deeper ancestral line tied to an African king (Chat Atkins plays both early ancestors, Peter and the King).
    Amy Reyes, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The truly mythic figures are the ones with wide-reaching influence—teaching other cooks, breaking new ground, and pushing the regional traditions forward.
    Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026

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“Undocumented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undocumented. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.

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