unrecognized
- adjective
- /ˌʌnˈrɛkəɡnaɪzd/
- Bonnie swept through the lives of men and women, sometimes fulfilling unrecognized desires, other times breaking unprepared hearts.
- go unrecognized
- largely unrecognized
- previously unrecognized
The first expedition, a sacrifice to a lack of context, A lament unrecognized as such until it was too late.
- The first expedition, a sacrifice to a lack of context, A lament unrecognized as such until it was too late.
- The daily, often unrecognized work of dues paying or just trying things out to see what works.
Examples
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But more importantly, we've picked up a heretofore unrecognized immunodeficiency condition.
Fiction book (1991) -
His immense contribution has not gone unrecognized.
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"Trust that your unique talents "will not go unrecognized."
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You pretty much lived your whole lives underground, out of sight, unrecognized.
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Trust that your unique talents and remarkable mind will not go unrecognized.
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Also, I'd like to recognize a group of people who do a very difficult job and go largely unrecognized.
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Thus, the musical potential of students with special needs may no longer remain unrecognized or underdeveloped.
Academic text (2013) -
Many talents remained unrecognized in this urban high school where many high-ability students were underachieving.
Academic text (2004) -
In addition, opportunities to express appreciation for the job teachers are doing may be unrecognized as administrators fulfill their day-to-day responsibilities.
Academic text (2013) -
The artist felt that her talent remained unrecognized despite her efforts to share her work.
Synonyms
Not known or named
Not known or named, often with no name given
Other people do not see or pay attention to it
Not found or noticed by others
Few people know about it
People do not notice it because someone keeps it quiet
Not recorded by an official body
Not noticed or celebrated by other people
You cannot tell what something or someone is
Not recognized or accepted openly by others
Not praised or noticed by the public
Not officially approved by a government or other official body
Not noticed or talked about by other people
Not allowed to enter or be part of a group
Not well known or accepted by many people
Not officially counted toward a course or degree
Not on an official list
People do not notice it when it is important
Not noticed or given any attention
Not understood or noticed by most people
Seen by only a few people
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A territory that acts like an independent nation but other countries do not accept it as a country
How Recognized
Surface Forms
Morphology
unrecognized = recognized (transparent) = un + recognize + ed
The adjective is formed by adding the productive negative prefix 'un-' to the past-participle adjective 'recognized', yielding the straightforward meaning 'not recognized'.
Etymology
Unrecognized comes from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and the verb recognize, which originally meant 'to know again' because re- means 'again' and the rest means 'to know'. So, when a person or their work is unrecognized, they are 'not noticed' or not given the credit they deserve.