unconfronted
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- adjective
- /ˌʌnkənˈfrʌntɪd/
- Her feelings about the situation remained unconfronted, which led to more frustration over time.
Examples
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My circle of friends simply never thought about these things before, and so their teenage bitterness at girls went unconfronted and accepted.
Blog text (9) -
... footage shot in Hiroshima and Nagasaki was hidden for so long, the atomic bombings quickly sank, unconfronted and unresolved, into the deeper recesses of
Blog text (14) -
It can be set aside for a long time yet, unconfronted.
Fiction book (2001) -
Many issues within the company were unconfronted, leaving employees feeling undervalued.
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The report highlighted numerous unconfronted problems that needed immediate attention.
Synonyms
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6.7
Not noticed or given any attention
A task or problem that no one has dealt with yet
How Addressed
Surface Forms
Morphology
unconfronted = confronted (transparent) = un + confront + ed
The negative prefix 'un-' directly negates the participial adjective 'confronted', yielding the straightforward meaning 'not confronted'.
Etymology
The word unconfronted is made from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and confront, which means 'to face' and is like the common word front, the 'face' of something. So, unconfronted describes something 'not faced' or 'not dealt with' directly.