as in unknown
not widely known
she was an unrecognized pioneer in the field of mathematics until a film about her life was produced
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Recent Examples of unrecognized
All told, the algorithm identified between about 150,000 and 160,000 potential unrecognized COVID deaths on top of the 840,251 that were officially reported.
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2026
Applied to the region’s adults, that prevalence would imply roughly 1 billion people carrying unrecognized cardiovascular risk.
—Aditi Kantipuly, STAT, 17 Mar. 2026
Advertisement What often goes unrecognized is the sheer complexity behind these events.
—Oksana Masters, Time, 6 Mar. 2026
Women collaborators — editors, producers, wives — did essential, often unrecognized work enabling the trio’s rise.
—Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2026
Applied to the region’s adults, that prevalence would imply roughly 1 billion people carrying unrecognized cardiovascular risk.
—Aditi Kantipuly, STAT, 17 Mar. 2026
Advertisement What often goes unrecognized is the sheer complexity behind these events.
—Oksana Masters, Time, 6 Mar. 2026
Women collaborators — editors, producers, wives — did essential, often unrecognized work enabling the trio’s rise.
—Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrecognized
Adjective
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And those numbers exclude the outbreak on the cruise-ship MV Hondius, the origins of which remain unknown.—
Gonzalo Zegarra,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
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California is among the slowest states to tally votes, with results often unknown for days or weeks.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
9 May 2026
Adjective
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Hantavirus is suspected of spreading aboard a luxury cruise ship, killing three passengers and sparking new concerns as a once obscure disease, with an extraordinarily high death rate, rises amid changing climate conditions.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 May 2026
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Pau’s early work cohered around a nonnarrative approach to themes of alienation and isolation, rendered through obscure and richly textured visuals.—
Pauline J. Yao,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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“Unrecognized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrecognized. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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