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undated

undated

4 4.2
Something like a letter or photo that has no written date showing when it was made
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈdeɪtɪd/
translation icon : sin fecha
  • A second version, also an undated draft paper, was filed by Department 1 of HAVII.

Examples

  • This is an undated memorandum from somebody within OMB.

  • Of DeRango's work, only one undated example survives: an elevation and floor plan for a two-story, thirteen-room residence.

    Academic text (2011)
  • But these forms are all blank, undated.

  • At the airport, 50 U.S. dollars with our undated letters were adequate for a visa.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The collection contains an undated framed photograph of the Cockspur Island Lighthouse.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Untitled and undated document, Files of Ken Hechler, Harry S. Truman Library.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Even closer to the feel of Hairdresser's Window is a small, undated sketch titled Four of the Eight (Fig. 12).

    Academic text (2011)
  • The final folios of Vierzon's cartulary contain several undated charters written in a slightly later hand.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Fawzi Khuri, "Letter to Hananiah, undated internal number 29, LPA, Files, 26-14-23."

    Academic text (2001)
  • The museum displayed an undated artifact, leaving visitors to wonder about its origin.

Synonyms

dateless
vsundated
1 6.5

Without a written date

means the same but stresses missing creation or issue date

How Dateable

datable
1 5.7
undated
4 4.2
undateable
  • Specialized
7.4

Surface Forms

undated positive

Morphology

undated = dated (transparent) = un + date + ed

The productive negative prefix 'un-' added to the adjective 'dated' yields the straightforward meaning 'not bearing a date'.

Etymology

Undated is built from un- meaning 'not' and date meaning 'a written day or time'. So an undated letter or photo is not marked with a date, which makes it hard to know when it was made.