UNRECOGNIZED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unrecognized mean? 

• UNRECOGNIZED (adjective)
  The adjective UNRECOGNIZED has 2 senses:

1. not recognized

2. not having a secure reputation

  Familiarity information: UNRECOGNIZED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNRECOGNIZED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not recognized

Synonyms:

unrecognised; unrecognized

Context example:

he was unrecognized in his disguise

Similar:

unacknowledged (not recognized or admitted)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Not having a secure reputation

Synonyms:

unrecognised; unrecognized

Context example:

short stories by unrecognized writers

Similar:

unestablished (not established)

 Context examples 

Others suggest that these studies may overlook factors that would explain the obesity advantage, or that normal weight patients have some unrecognized problem, Dr. Neeland said.

(Mildly Obese Fare Better after Major Heart Attack, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The results of this study suggest a potentially major—and previously unrecognized—role for the cerebellum in the creation and control of reward and social preference behaviors.

(New Findings Reveal Surprising Role of the Cerebellum in Reward and Social Behaviors, National Institutes of Health)

Their studies also uncovered a previously unrecognized vulnerability in the cancer cells that scientists may be able to exploit to develop new strategies against the cancer and related diseases.

(Scientists find promising drug combination against lethal childhood brain cancers, National Institutes of Health)

Citizen scientists scanning images from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, an orbiting infra-red observatory, recently stumbled upon a new class of curiosities that had gone largely unrecognized before: yellow balls.

(Citizen Scientists Discover Yellow "Space Balls", NASA)

“I told you at the inn in London, I am heavy company for myself, sometimes. I have been a nightmare to myself, just now—must have had one, I think. At odd dull times, nursery tales come up into the memory, unrecognized for what they are. I believe I have been confounding myself with the bad boy who “didn't care”, and became food for lions—a grander kind of going to the dogs, I suppose.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)