unrecognized

/ ʌnˈrɛkəɡˌnaɪzd /

adjective

1. not recognized or identified

   hitherto unrecognized planets

2. not given formal acknowledgment of legal status

   the unrecognized Communist Workers' Party

Example Sentences

Gender-affirming options such as puberty blockers and hormones have unrecognized harms and no proven benefits and should therefore be almost entirely restricted until there are randomized trials proving that they work.

From Slate

California’s federally unrecognized tribes contend with intertwined legacies of Spanish and Mexican colonization, California- and U.S.-funded genocide, congressional refusal to ratify treaties and state tribal terminations.

From Los Angeles Times

Even as unrecognized tribes work to assert their inherent sovereignty, settler structures serve to disempower us.

From Los Angeles Times

Olivia M. Chilcote is an assistant professor of American Indian studies at San Diego State University and the author of “Unrecognized in California: Federal Acknowledgment and the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians,” from which this is adapted.

From Los Angeles Times

My experience at the unveiling illustrates the complexity and contradictions of unrecognized tribal status in California.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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• nameless
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• unexplained
• unexplored
• unfamiliar
• unidentified
• unnamed