undescribed
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- adjective
- /ˌʌndɪˈskraɪbd/
:
no descrito
- Of interest is an undescribed python from Rinca.
- previously undescribed
Examples
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Many of these organisms are important to agriculture but remain undescribed.
Academic text (1995) -
A controversy ensued in 1982 when Terry Erwin of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, published an estimate that tropical forest canopies are home to 30 million undescribed arthropod species.
Academic text (1996) -
In the spring of 1993, a previously undescribed disease emerged in the Southwest, killing 10 people during an 8-week period in May and June.
Academic text (2002) -
This case could represent a new toxic effect of camphor as well as a previously undescribed cause of CSCR.
Academic text (2007) -
SEL systematists are often responsible for groups comprising tens of thousands of species, most of which are undescribed and unknown to science.
Academic text (2002) -
Some of these unappreciated and largely undescribed microorganisms have major impacts, from food webs to the composition of the atmosphere.
Academic text (1994) -
Since the 1990s, climate scientists have made great leaps in their understanding of and ability to describe previously undescribed environmental processes, such as how sunlight affects ice floating in the Arctic or how oceans absorb carbon dioxide.
Academic text (2012) -
We obtained a sample of an undescribed C. fusca group species from Waro, Papua New Guinea, because several Australian species have been placed in this group, which is predominantly Papuan.
Academic text (2018) -
Many of these organisms are important to agriculture but remain undescribed.
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Some of these unappreciated and largely undescribed microorganisms have major impacts, from food webs to the composition of the atmosphere.
Synonyms
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Not clearly or fully described so important details are missing
Not having many specific details
Not stated or described in detail
Not fully developed and lacking important details
Not clearly separated from other things and lacking clear edges
Antonyms
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Undescribed begins with un- ('not') and the verb describe, which comes from the old root scrib meaning 'to write' and appears in words like scribble and script. So, undescribed means 'not written about' or 'not explained'.