undated

/'ʌn'deitid/

Thân thiện

The letter in the drawer is undated.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Not bearing a date: Lacking a written or printed date; not marked with a specific day, month, or year.
   • Timeless: (Less common, figurative) Not confined to a particular period; appearing ageless.

Usage

• The adjective undated is used to describe documents, letters, artifacts, or events that do not have a date recorded on them.
• It is typically placed before the noun it modifies or after a linking verb.
• It is a formal term often used in academic, legal, archival, and historical contexts.

Examples

• The archivist found an undated manuscript in the collection.
• Please return the undated check to the issuer.
• The photograph was beautiful but frustratingly undated.
• Many ancient coins are undated, making precise chronology difficult.

Advanced Usage

• "to leave something undated": To intentionally not write a date on a document.
  • He signed the contract but left it undated until the funding was secured.
• In historical analysis, an undated event is one for which no specific date can be assigned from available records.

Variants and Related Words

• Date (verb/noun): To mark with a date; a specific day of the month or year.
• Dated (adjective): Marked with a date; old-fashioned.
• Dateless (adjective): Synonymous with "undated"; also can mean endless or without equal.
• Timeless (adjective): Not affected by the passage of time; eternal (a related but distinct concept from the figurative use of "undated").

Synonyms

• Dateless
• Without a date
• Unmarked (regarding date)

Antonyms

• Dated
• Dated and stamped
• Time-stamped

Notes

• Undated should not be confused with outdated, which means no longer current or useful.
• In legal contexts, an undated document may have implications for its validity or enforceability.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. not bearing a date
   • a dateless letter

Từ đồng nghĩa

• dateless