uncatalogued
- adjective
- /ˌʌnˈkætəlɒɡd/
- UK
- The museum is filled with many uncatalogued artifacts waiting to be studied.
Examples
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He recalls these bog creatures of his childhood as "uncatalogued by any naturalist, but nonetheless real for that."
Academic text (2002) -
Frayed and dust-stained, uncatalogued, they'll be sold as waste paper or burned.
Fiction book (1999) -
This dossier forms part of two as yet uncatalogued, undescribed, and unanalyzed file drawers of West African material arranged by region.
Academic text (1995) -
The drawing (23 1/2 x 21 1/4 in., 59.5 x 54 cm) is one of a set of three framed uncatalogued drawings in the Archivio Capitolare in Turin.
Academic text (1995) -
Researchers often find uncatalogued plant species in remote areas.
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There are countless uncatalogued books in the library that need to be organized.
Synonyms
Not recorded by an official body
Not included in a public list like a phone book to keep it private
Not listed, explained, or recorded in a report
Not written down in official papers
Rights or items are not listed one by one in a document
Not on an official list
Not in a list that helps you or a computer find things quickly
How Catalogued
- UK
Surface Forms
Morphology
uncatalogued = catalogued (transparent) = un + catalogue + ed
Formed by adding the negative prefix 'un-' to the participial/adjectival form 'catalogued' in a straightforward way.
Etymology
The word uncatalogued comes from the parts un- meaning 'not' and catalogue meaning a 'list' or 'record', like a shop catalog or a museum list. So uncatalogued means 'not listed' or 'not recorded', which is why we use it for things that are not in an official catalog.