unretrieved

7.9

Not brought back after being left somewhere

adjective
/ˌʌn.rɪˈtrivd/

: no recuperado

The lost book remained unretrieved from the library's archives for years.

Examples

That Canadian quarter is still unretrieved from the campus grass.

Fiction book (1995)
The Nfs, or the number of new, filed, or unretrieved studies averaging no effect that would be needed to bring the overall combined magnitude of effect to some negligible level, was calculated using Cohen's (1977) guidelines.

Academic text (2005)
Several important documents are still unretrieved after the office fire.
Her childhood memories lay unretrieved, hidden in an old box in the attic.

Synonyms

lost

vsunretrieved

18 1.0

Not in a person's possession and cannot be found

focuses on not being brought back from a place rather than ownership loss

unrecovered

vsunretrieved

1 5.8

Not yet found, repaired, or paid back

is the broader form that does not stress timing

uncollected

vsunretrieved

1 4.4

Not gathered or picked up and left where it is

means not brought back from a place rather than not yet collected

unlocated

vsunretrieved

6.7

In no known place

emphasizes being not brought back from somewhere rather than only missing location

lost in action

vsunretrieved

Specialized

7.9

Missing during a battle with nobody knowing what happened to them

is a general term for not brought back from a place not a military status

Antonyms

recovered

3.2

Found again after being lost or missing

How Retrieved

recovered

3.2

unretrieved

7.9

Surface Forms

unretrieved positive

Morphology

unretrieved = retrieved (transparent) = un + retrieve + ed

The negation prefix 'un-' is applied to the past participle 'retrieved', yielding the straightforward meaning 'not retrieved'.

Etymology

Unretrieved is made from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and the verb retrieve, which means 'to get back', like when a dog brings back a ball. So, unretrieved describes something that was 'not brought back' or 'not recovered'.