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uncaptured

uncaptured

1 5.8
Not caught or recorded, for example by a camera
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈkæptʃərd/
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  • More than anything, she knew she was alone and destined for the door, uncaptured, and returning solitary to the company of women, to a hard-built place on earth.

Examples

  • You know, not everyone is agile enough to quickly grab their shooter when they catch a moment that is worth capturing, and once they've got the camera, the moment has just gone uncaptured.

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  • A look further back in the pedigree reveals that Uncaptured traces on both sides of his pedigree to the stock of the greatest of all Canadian breeders, E. P. Taylor.

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  • The wildlife documentary highlighted the importance of protecting uncaptured species in their natural habitats.

  • Many moments during the wedding remained uncaptured because the photographer missed the best shots.

  • He felt that many of his thoughts went uncaptured as he struggled to express them clearly.

Synonyms

unapprehended
vsuncaptured
  • Specialized
8.8

A person who police have not caught after a crime

is used more broadly for anything not caught recorded or taken into possession
untrapped
vsuncaptured
4.8

Free from something that holds you so you can move or act

focuses on lack of capture possession or recording rather than freedom of movement

Surface Forms

uncaptured positive

Morphology

uncaptured = captured (transparent) = un + capture + ed

Formed by adding the negative prefix 'un-' to the adjective 'captured', giving a straightforward negation.

Etymology

The word uncaptured breaks into un- 'not' and capture 'to take', from the Latin capere 'to take'. So uncaptured describes something that was 'not taken' or not recorded, like a moment, photo, or piece of data that was missed.