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unestablished

unestablished

1 7.3
Not well known or accepted by many people
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnɪˈstæblɪʃt/
translation icon : no establecido
  • I'm sorry to disturb you gentlemen, but, Angus, there's a particularly wound-up young garbage man out there who seems to have written a poem, a long poem, and I recall how at last months' meeting you stressed the need for us to be on the lookout for more marginalized verse from unestablished quarters of the American scene.

Examples

  • In yoga we always refer to an unestablished mind as markata, which means a monkey.

  • While many advertising researchers have established that repetition can cause consumers to be leery of unestablished and emerging brands (see Kirmani and Campbell and Keller), repetition is a successful strategy with established brand names.

    Academic text (2014)
  • You know, just living with somebody so unestablished who has a baby, that's all.

  • In yoga we always refer to an unestablished mind as markata, which means a monkey.

  • For the moment, this remains unestablished, but our research confirms Nevins to be the most likely source.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Lawlessness rules the ground in Libya with a weak, unestablished government in control.

    Blog text (14)
  • But for a program like Maryland, that's still unestablished as an elite recruiting presence, it can be a scary proposition.

    Blog text (30)
  • In addition, the 22 emerging treatments (i.e., treatments with preliminary research support but requiring more evidence) and five unestablished treatments (i.e., treatments without compelling evidence of efficacy) were evaluated.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The group discussed the challenges of starting a business in an unestablished market.

  • The artist gained recognition after years of working in unestablished studios.

Synonyms

unproven
vsunestablished
28 4.9

Not shown to be true or to work

emphasizes lack of firm base or wide acceptance rather than only lacking clear showing
unverified
vsunestablished
7 5.3

No one has checked it to see if it is true

means lacking a firm base or wider acceptance rather than only needing checks
unacknowledged
vsunestablished
5 6.1

Not recognized or accepted openly by others

is about lacking a firm base rather than lack of admission
unrecognized
vsunestablished
3 4.2

Not known or noticed by other people

stresses weak foundation or acceptance rather than mere lack of notice
unaccredited
vsunestablished
2 7.2

Not officially approved by a government or other official body

is broader, meaning a weak base or general nonacceptance beyond formal approval
unaccepted
vsunestablished
1 5.3

Not approved by most people or by an official group

is concerned with lacking a firm base rather than only failing approval
unevidenced
vsunestablished
1 8.4

A claim with no facts or proof to show it is true

points to a weak base or lack of social approval rather than missing facts
uncemented
vsunestablished
6.6

Not firmly agreed or fixed

is about lacking a firm base rather than being only temporary
undemonstrated
vsunestablished
7.2

Not proven to be true by tests or studies

is about lacking firm base or approval rather than only missing clear signs
unattested
vsunestablished
  • Formal
8.9

No official source or written record confirms it

refers to lacking a firm base or accepted status rather than only missing records
unsustained
vsunestablished
7.1

Not supported by facts after checking

means lacking firm base or broad acceptance rather than losing later support

Antonyms

Known and accepted because it has existed for a long time

recognized
  • Formal
3.5

Known and officially accepted as important or respected

How Established

recognized
  • Formal
3.5
emerging
3 4.1
tentative
57 5.1
unestablished
1 7.3
unproven
28 4.9
unrecognized
3 4.2

Surface Forms

unestablished positive

Morphology

unestablished = established (transparent) = un + establish + ed

The word straightforwardly means 'not established,' with the productive negating prefix un- applied to established.

Etymology

Unestablished breaks into un- meaning 'not' and established meaning 'made firm' or 'set up', and it comes from the same idea as stable ('steady'). So unestablished describes something that is 'not firmly set up' or not yet widely accepted.