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unpublished

unpublished

16 3.7
Not available to the public in books or online
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈpʌblɪʃt/
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  • The unpublished research offers new insights into climate change.
  • an unpublished manuscript
  • an unpublished dissertation
  • an unpublished study

This is how he, Brennan remembers it in his unpublished memoir, Elliot.

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Examples

  • While living as an expatriate in Brazil, George Barnsley wrote an unpublished memoir documenting his recollections of the war.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Eight years after the mathematician's death, his unpublished papers had been discovered in a library in Copenhagen.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • One for each of my three unpublished novels.

  • It's an unpublished mystery novel.

  • Her husband had about thirty unpublished poems that he intended to include in his seventh volume.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • An unpublished paper of Albert Einstein's written 30 years ago.

  • I am thankful to Deborah Fausch for sharing her unpublished manuscript "The Knowledge of the Body."

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Last year, Esquire and poet Tess Gallagher discovered three complete, unpublished short stories by her late husband, Raymond Carver.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • He is planning to release his unpublished manuscript to the public next year.

  • Many artists struggle with their unpublished works, unsure if they will ever share them.

Synonyms

unreleased
vsunpublished
5 4.9

Not yet available for people to see or buy

is about not being made public via media rather than only a temporary delay
unposted
vsunpublished
4.9

Not published or made public

is about not being made public through media rather than merely unsent items
unpublic
vsunpublished
7.9

Private and not widely known

is focused on lacking availability through media rather than general privateness

Antonyms

3.0

Made available to the public in print or online

How Published

ubiquitous
51 9.0
published
3.0
unpublished
16 3.7

Surface Forms

unpublished positive

Morphology

unpublished = published (transparent) = un + publish + ed

Meaning is the straightforward negative of 'published' formed by the productive prefix 'un-'.

Etymology

Unpublished starts with un- meaning 'not' and has publish meaning 'to make public', the same idea you see in the word public. So unpublished means something that is 'not made public' or not shared with the public.