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unrecorded

American  
[uhn-ri-kawr-did] / ˌʌn rɪˈkɔr dɪd /

adjective

  1. not recorded; not reported in an official record.

  2. not noted in historical documents.

    an unrecorded event; an unrecorded tradition.
unrecorded British  
/ ˌʌnrɪˈkɔːdɪd /

adjective

  1. not recorded on paper, tape, video tape, etc

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Etymology

Origin of unrecorded

First recorded in 1575–85; un- 1 + record + -ed 2

Example Sentences

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You may be alarmed to realize your own unrecorded memories are locked into the perspective of wherever you placed your phone.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

It’s only going to become a more frequent dilemma as streamers, surveillance cameras, and wearable glasses leave fewer moments of reality unrecorded.

From Slate • Sep. 12, 2025

Crimes which disproportionately affect women, including harassment, stalking and controlling behaviour, comprise 37.9% of unrecorded violent crime and must be better recorded, the report found.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2025

The society says that the number of Dakota casualties is unrecorded but that fewer than 1,000 Dakota, out of a population of more than 7,000, participated in the uprising.

From Seattle Times • May 29, 2024

It is impossible today to reconstruct what actually occurred, because the exact nature of Gunda’s tumor is unrecorded and whether other factors contributed to her recovery is undocumented.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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