undiscoveredadj.
/ˌʌndᵻˈskʌvəd/, U.S. /ˌəndᵻˈskəvərd/ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [adjective]
bleteOE
openOE
unlapped?c1225
unweveda1250
overtc1330
discovereda1463
uncovered1530
undiscovered1542
debare1567
uncased1598
unmantled1606
naked1607
ungarbed1848
nude1866
uncapped1902
1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth viii. sig. D.ivv When [you] do slepe let not..your handes nor fete,..lye bare vndyscouered.
2. Undisclosed, unrevealed; not cleared up.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > state of being unprovable > [adjective] > not investigated or explained
undiscovereda1542
uncleared1592
uncertain1617
indeterminate1626
uncircumstantial1646
unfathomed1659
unexcussed1660
unanalysed1754
uncircumstanced1766
unaccreditated1806
unelucidateda1832
undescribed1852
a1542 T. Wyatt Psalm xxxii. 236 in Coll. Poems (1969) As adder freshe new stryppid from his skin; Nor in his sprite is owght vndiscoverd.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 64 All your loue is apparant and manifest unto me.., and neuer a part or parcel thereof left undiscouered.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. ii. 119 This Mysterie remained vndiscouer'd. View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Tutchin Search Honesty v In whose Bigg Bellies undiscover'd lye The Fate of Kings.
1867 M. Arnold Wish vii The future and its viewless things—That undiscover'd mystery.
3.
a. Not discovered, found, or come upon.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [adjective] > unobserved, undiscovered
unayetec1275
unespiedc1374
unperceiveda1375
unapperceived1390
unwitnessed1407
unkenneda1475
obscure1484
unaspied?1507
undiscerned1529
unsuspectedc1530
unspieda1542
unascried1548
undiscovered1555
unscried1578
unfound1584
undescried1595
undetectedc1602
uneyeda1627
undilucidated1635
insuspected1646
indiscovered1663
unbeheld1667
trackless1695
unjealoused1710
unbeholden1820
unencountered1821
undivined1852
unexcavated1874
uncognized1877
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > that which is unknown > [adjective] > of places, paths: unexplored
uncouthc960
uncoutha1000
unknowna1393
undiscovered1555
unbeaten1617
tractless1628
unbeat1635
untravelled1646
trackless1656
unexplored1697
unmapped1805
uncharted1895
unlocated1902
the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > [adjective] > ascertained > not
unguessed1590
unascertained1751
undiscovered1769
untraced1826
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 251v What parts of the baul of the earth remained yet vndiscouered.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. i. 81 The vndiscouer'd country, from whose borne No trauiler returnes. View more context for this quotation
1676 J. Glanvill Ess. vii. 1 In that immense undiscover'd Abyss, that was beyond both the Old World, and the New.
1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 2 If we may be allowed to form an idea of things undiscovered, by the immense variety..of its Animal and Vegetable Productions.
1806 C. Lamb Mr. H—— ii, in Wks. (1908) II. 758 Some yet undiscovered Otaheite.
1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xxxix. 61 My paths are in the fields I know, And thine in undiscover'd lands. View more context for this quotation
1894 H. Nisbet Bush Girl's Romance 171 They were not so pleased to hear that their cash was as yet undiscovered.
b. Not ascertained or made out.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > that which is unknown > [adjective]
uncouthc897
neweOE
fremdc950
unknownOE
unseena1200
unketha1275
unkedc1275
strange13..
disguisyc1330
unknowedc1380
aliena1382
unhearda1382
unkenneda1400
ranishc1400
ignorant?a1475
unwittenc1485
unbekend1513
unacquainted1551
unkent1579
unwitted1582
unfamiliar1593
unsounded1594
incognite1609
ignote1623
in the urn1658
unfathomed1659
unexperienced1698
unknown-of1700
undiscovered1707
inaudite1708
darka1727
unascertained1751
unwist1757
unknownst1805
unbeknown1824
unbeknownst1848
unsampled1890
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry A 2 b The detecting of specious and prevailing Errors,..so as to clear the way to what remains undiscovered.
1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature & Cure Calculus 273 The grasses (of which the product is variable from undiscovered causes).
1831 D. Brewster Life I. Newton xix. 339 Those inspired doctrines which alone can throw a light over the dark ocean of undiscovered truth!
4. Not found out; unobserved, undetected.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keeping from publication > [adjective]
unawnedc1175
unconfesseda1500
unpresented1523
undeclared1526
unrevealed1529
unproclaimed1570
undisclosed1571
unbetrayed1595
mystical1600
unbewrayed1605
undivulged1608
unpublished1608
irrevealed1610
tonguelessa1616
undiscovereda1616
unaffirmeda1631
unprofessed1647
unphrased1663
in poigne1710
napkined1756
unavowed1790
unsignified1809
unsunned1814
expressionless1819
inexpressed1821
unindicated1825
unblazoned1830
inostensible1843
unjournalized1843
unaverred1850
unexhibited1862
unadvertised1864
hermetic1954
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 369 Full often..Hath he conuersed with the Enemie, And vndiscouer'd, come to me againe. View more context for this quotation
1669 S. Sturmy Summary of Penalties & Forfeitures in Mariners Mag. 4 Goods..that shall be Exported, and escape undiscovered unto the Officers of the Customs.
1697 C. Leslie Snake in Grass (ed. 2) 308 The Quakers take it very ill to suppose that Jesuits cou'd Preach among them undiscover'd.
1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 69 A little Cape, which kept us perfectly undiscovered.
1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 101 Let me fly undiscovered.
1890 Retrospect Med. 102 310 In order to guard against the possibility of leaving a perforation undiscovered.
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