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

Under Israeli law, the police had done nothing wrong — the villages they destroyed were among 35 Bedouin communities "unrecognized" by the government, ostensibly because they were built without official authorization.

From Salon

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

“So we don’t want our work with other student protesters to overshadow the much larger problem, which is that there is a continuing — unrecognized by this institution and by the United States — genocide in Gaza.”

From Seattle Times

Costumed Santas even go unrecognized by their own children, she said.

From Los Angeles Times

Yet the social status of these groups meant the importance of their work went unrecognized.

From Science Daily

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