unacknowledged
Britishadjective
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Cultural appropriation is defined as "the unacknowledged or inappropriate adoption of the customs, practices, ideas, of one people or society by members of a typically more dominant people or society".
From BBC
Yet all of these icons are building on the foundations laid by the unacknowledged millions who came to Britain over many centuries.
From BBC
Shanks expects us to clock the unacknowledged wedding ring on Herriman’s Jamie, a Hallmark rom-com charmer, and so his script takes our suspicions and twists them once, twice and a third time for good measure.
From Los Angeles Times
The Israeli military has admitted to BBC Verify that it conducted a previously unacknowledged strike on the al-Mawasi area of southern Gaza, which reportedly killed at least one Palestinian and injured 30 others.
From BBC
We all have losses and grief that is unacknowledged and unexpressed.
From Los Angeles Times
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