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undepicted

undepicted

8.4
Not shown in a picture or painting
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌndɪˈpɪktɪd/
translation icon : no representado
  • The artist wanted to create a masterpiece that included everything, even the undepicted elements of the landscape.

Examples

  • Or to put it still another way: depicted flatness would inhabit at least the semblance of a three-dimensional space as long as the brute, undepicted flatness of the literal surface was pointed to as being still flatter.

    Academic text (2002)
  • The risk was even greater now that undepicted flatness would become "the main event of the picture," effectively subsuming any and all implications of depth.

    Academic text (2002)
  • In her analysis, she noted that the undepicted themes in the painting added a layer of mystery for the viewer.

  • The book described several characters in detail, leaving some undepicted, which sparked the reader's imagination.

Synonyms

undrawn
vsundepicted
1 8.8

A part that a picture or plan does not show

is broader covering any picture or image not just drawings
unpictured
vsundepicted
8.4

Not shown in a drawing or photo

is about not being represented in any visual depiction
unillustrated
vsundepicted
5.7

A book or page that has no pictures

is about not being represented in any visual depiction
unportrayed
vsundepicted
8.6

Not shown in books or films

is limited to visual absence rather than absence in all media

Antonyms

3.2

Shown in a picture or painting

Shown or described correctly and clearly

How Depicted

depicted
3.2
undepicted
8.4

Surface Forms

undepicted positive

Morphology

undepicted = depicted (transparent) = un + depict + ed

The adjective is formed by adding the negative prefix 'un-' to 'depicted' (depict + -ed), yielding a straightforward negation.

Etymology

Undepicted has un- ('not') plus depict ('to show' or 'to paint'), like in picture. So undepicted means 'not shown' or 'not painted', which is why we use it for something left out of a picture or image.