undiscovered
adjective
un·dis·cov·ered
ˌən-di-ˈskə-vərd 
: not found or found out : not discovered
an undiscovered island
as yet undiscovered talents
undiscovered motives
… detected the presence of a hitherto undiscovered element.—
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Despite its foot traffic, Mike’s Bikes East Denver still feels somewhat undiscovered, having changed over from Elevation Cycles in November 2022 after the latter sold its four Front Range locations to Mike’s (as of June, there’s now a fifth Mike’s in Boulder).
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 28 July 2025
Mammoth Cave is the world's longest cave system, stretching 426 miles beneath southern Kentucky, though experts speculate more mileage could remain undiscovered.
—Ruby Grisin, The Courier-Journal, 24 July 2025
That’s because these distant objects have strangely aligned orbits that may indicate the gravitational influence of an undiscovered planet, per Gizmodo’s Passant Rabie.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2025
Revealing this hitherto undiscovered tendril of hot matter connecting galaxy clusters has the potential to aid scientists' understanding of these extreme structures and how they are connected across vast cosmic distances.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 June 2025
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John Wenzel, Denver Post, 28 July 2025
Mammoth Cave is the world's longest cave system, stretching 426 miles beneath southern Kentucky, though experts speculate more mileage could remain undiscovered.
—Ruby Grisin, The Courier-Journal, 24 July 2025
That’s because these distant objects have strangely aligned orbits that may indicate the gravitational influence of an undiscovered planet, per Gizmodo’s Passant Rabie.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2025
Revealing this hitherto undiscovered tendril of hot matter connecting galaxy clusters has the potential to aid scientists' understanding of these extreme structures and how they are connected across vast cosmic distances.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 June 2025
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“Undiscovered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undiscovered. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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