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uninvented

uninvented

8.4
Not yet created or imagined
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnɪnˈvɛntɪd/
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  • I don't understand why you'd dismiss oil industry talk of wonderful new undiscovered oil reserves and uninvented oil extraction technology, but accept breathlessly the idea of undiscovered uranium reserves and uranium burning technology.

Examples

  • The concept of flying cars remains an uninvented idea that many dream about.

  • I hold out hope that we'll be able to reconcile this conflict with some sort of some yet uninvented technology.

  • Inventions would go uninvented.

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  • Many potential solutions to climate change are still uninvented and waiting for innovative thinkers.

  • The scientist proposed a plan that relied on uninvented methods for energy efficiency.

Synonyms

unimagined
vsuninvented
2 7.0

Not thought of before or expected

is about things not yet imagined and possibly imagined later
unproduced
vsuninvented
1 5.8

Not made or created, often about works such as plays and films

is the general idea of nonexistence, not limited to works
unbuilt
vsuninvented
1 4.3

Only shown on plans and not yet made in real life

is wider, covering any not yet created or only imagined things
unconceived
vsuninvented
8.6

Not thought of before

is broader by stressing not yet created as well as not thought of
uncreated
vsuninvented
8.8

Not yet made or produced

is broader by also covering things not yet imagined or planned
unarisen
vsuninvented
9.9

Something that has not happened or started yet

is more general, covering nonexistence whether or not it appears later
unbegotten
vsuninvented
  • Archaic
9.9

Existing without being born or made by something

is about things that do not yet exist rather than lacking origin

Antonyms

1.0

In place now and not new or future

How Created

new
1.0
uninvented
8.4
nonexistent
52 4.8

Surface Forms

uninvented positive

Morphology

uninvented = invented (transparent) = un + invent + ed

Direct negation of 'invented' used in the sense 'created'; 'uninvented' = 'not yet created' is straightforward for learners.

Etymology

Uninvented combines un- ('not') and invented, where invent means 'to create', as in inventor or invention. So uninvented can mean 'not yet created' — things, ideas, or devices that do not exist now but could be made in the future.