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unmentioned

unmentioned

4 4.4
Not said or talked about
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈmɛnʃənd/
translation icon : no mencionado
  • In the account that followed, no "German" state supreme court justice, governor, or lieutenant governor went unmentioned.
  • go unmentioned
  • leave unmentioned
  • remains unmentioned

What went unmentioned deliberately when the police shared their handiwork with the public was that those cell phone towers cast a wide net.

Examples

  • All of their names went unmentioned in her Sunday phone calls home.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • The agent, the cause of the wrecking, is left unmentioned.

    Academic text (2006)
  • But there is another kind of pressure towards regional identity and difference that goes unmentioned in this debate.

    Academic text (2008)
  • This structure was unmentioned in any report made by the previous and abandoned expedition to this planet.

  • As is often the case, the unmentioned is more interesting than the putative point.

    Blog text (31)
  • Yet in these accords, one set of actors often goes unmentioned.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Have you ever noticed how many children's books have unmentioned cats in the illustrations?

    Blog text (23)
  • Ruvy has referred to what I consider the real agenda: the unmentioned elephant in the room.

    Blog text (5)
  • But what's often left unmentioned, not by de Waal but by other commentators, is the bonobos.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Her contributions to the project went unmentioned during the meeting.

Synonyms

unsaid
vsunmentioned
20 5.8

Not spoken out loud

covers absence in any form spoken or written
unreported
vsunmentioned
15 4.4

Not mentioned to the public or to officials

means absence across contexts not limited to lack of official disclosure
undiscussed
vsunmentioned
1 5.8

Something people do not talk about in meetings or conversations

is used more broadly beyond just conversations
unreferred
vsunmentioned
8.1

Not mentioned, cited or named in speech and writing

is absence in any communication not only formal citation
uncommented
vsunmentioned
6.8

People do not mention or discuss it in public

applies more widely than only public or official silence

How Documented

to notarize
  • Formal
18 7.4
signed
1.8
recorded
2.6
in writing
99 2.6
spoken
1 1.0
unmentioned
4 4.4

Surface Forms

unmentioned positive

Morphology

unmentioned = mentioned + un (transparent) = un + mention + ed

The adjective is formed by negating 'mentioned' with the productive prefix 'un-', yielding a direct opposite meaning.

Etymology

The word unmentioned joins the prefix un- meaning 'not' with mention meaning 'to speak about' or 'say'. So, unmentioned simply means 'not spoken about' or 'not talked about'.