as in unexplored
not having been found or noticed; not discovered
undiscovered territory The team of scientists searched the jungle for previously undiscovered species of insects.
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Recent Examples of undiscovered
Cabrera theorized the killings occurred around dusk on Saturday and the Jacobs’ bodies lay undiscovered until Monday morning.
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Graham Womack
updated January 15, Sacbee.com, 16 Jan. 2026
This ability was leveraged by scientists in 2016 to image a previously undiscovered corridor in the Great Pyramid of Giza.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 8 Jan. 2026
There is absolutely no evidence that frauds of this type or anywhere near this scale are happening in any of the other four states, or frankly that there is a large volume of as-yet-undiscovered fraud in Minnesota itself.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026
And as-yet-undiscovered viruses can always emerge in the future as humans disrupt ecosystems and travel around the world.
—Patrick Jackson, The Conversation, 7 Jan. 2026
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Graham Womack
updated January 15, Sacbee.com, 16 Jan. 2026
This ability was leveraged by scientists in 2016 to image a previously undiscovered corridor in the Great Pyramid of Giza.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 8 Jan. 2026
There is absolutely no evidence that frauds of this type or anywhere near this scale are happening in any of the other four states, or frankly that there is a large volume of as-yet-undiscovered fraud in Minnesota itself.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026
And as-yet-undiscovered viruses can always emerge in the future as humans disrupt ecosystems and travel around the world.
—Patrick Jackson, The Conversation, 7 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undiscovered
Adjective
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Brands shouldn’t view merch as a revenue stream but as an unexplored demand-generation engine that builds cultural relevance and fandom.—
Kian Bakhtiari,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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Most monitoring and detection efforts have focused on shallower areas, leaving deeper habitats largely unexplored.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
20 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The context surrounding the email exchange is unknown.—
Billy Stockwell,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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Published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in late January, the study estimates the tools could be around 430,000 years old, though the exact age is unknown.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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