undiscovered

/'ʌndis'kʌvəd/

Thân thiện

An astronomer points a telescope toward a region of the night sky filled with undiscovered stars.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Not yet discovered: Refers to something that has not been found, identified, or brought to light.
   • Not known or recognized: Describes something that remains unknown or unnoticed by people.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The expedition aimed to map undiscovered islands in the remote archipelago.
  • Many species of deep-sea life remain undiscovered by science.
  • He lived in an undiscovered village high in the mountains.

Advanced Usage

• "remain undiscovered": to continue to be unknown or unfound.
  • The truth about the ancient civilization may remain undiscovered forever.
• "hitherto undiscovered": not discovered or known until this time (formal).
  • The archaeologist found a hitherto undiscovered chamber in the tomb.

Variants and Related Words

• Undiscoverable (adj): Impossible to discover or find.
  • Some secrets of the universe may be fundamentally undiscoverable.
• Rediscover (v): To discover something again that was known but forgotten.
  • The artist was rediscovered by critics decades after his death.

Synonyms

• Unknown: Not known or familiar.
• Unfound: Not found.
• Uncharted: Not mapped or surveyed; unknown.

Antonyms

• Discovered: Found or brought to light.
• Known: Recognized, familiar, or within people's awareness.
• Found: Located or identified.

Related Phrases

• Undiscovered talent: A person with great skill or ability that has not yet been recognized.
  • The small club was full of undiscovered talent.
• Undiscovered country: An unknown or unexplored region; often used metaphorically.
  • For early explorers, the ocean was an undiscovered country.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. not yet discovered
   • undiscovered islands
2. not discovered
   • with earth-based telescopes many stars remain undiscovered

Từ đồng nghĩa

• unexplored