unrecognized
Britishadjective
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not recognized or identified
hitherto unrecognized planets
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not given formal acknowledgment of legal status
the unrecognized Communist Workers' Party
Example Sentences
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This opens the door to the possibility that the fossil represents a previously unrecognized species.
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As an unrecognized state, Somaliland lacks access to the Swift system for clearing international financial transactions, and its government is effectively blocked from borrowing meaningful amounts of money.
This approach is especially promising for uncovering previously unrecognized bacteria and fungi.
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By analyzing these seismic recordings, researchers identified a previously unrecognized type of signal.
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What began as a simple act of turning a vessel revealed a previously unrecognized community of makers whose identities had faded from view.
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