UNRECOGNIZED Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

unrecognized

adjective

ˌən-ˈre-kig-ˌnīzd

Definition of unrecognized

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 The company said commercial remaining performance obligations, a measure of unearned revenue and unrecognized revenue, increased 8% to $678 billion from the previous quarter. — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 29 July 2026 The challenge hinges on whether claimants were born Italians with unrecognized citizenship, as previous case law had ruled. — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 25 July 2026 However, an unrecognized species of Asian pangolin (Manis aurita) has been hidden among the trees of Nepal and Northern India. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 1 July 2026 Further, growing fields like cardiovascular perfusionists, more and more involved in ICU care, field resuscitation, organ preservation, and other support roles, remain unrecognized. — David S. Shapiro, STAT, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for unrecognized

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Stringer | Reuters A tanker was struck by three unknown projectiles while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, stoking worries that the Middle East conflict could once again escalate.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
The charge and light together seem to indicate a violent collision between an unknown particle and the nucleus of one of the detector’s atoms.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of unknown

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Given most late-summer midterm-election-year weakness has been more than recovered right afterward, the proper course of action now becomes even more obscure.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
In many cases, the robot tail wags the living dog by tricking it—tricking us—into caring about obscure metrics, then gamifying the process of improving them.

— Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026