undiscovered
pronunciation
How to pronounce undiscovered in British English:
UK [ˌʌndɪsˈkʌvəd]
How to pronounce undiscovered in American English:
US [ˌʌndɪsˈkʌvərd]
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- Adjective:
- not discovered
- not yet discovered
Word Origin
- undiscovered (adj.)
- 1540s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of discover (v.).
Example
- 1. All kinds of unseen bottlenecks and undiscovered geniuses may be lurking within your business .
- 2. And who , really , would mourn the loss of a few million undiscovered microbes ?
- 3. The us geological survey estimates that the arctic has around a quarter of the world 's undiscovered and recoverable oil and gas reserves .
- 4. The arctic is reckoned to hold around 15 % of the world 's undiscovered oil reserves and 30 % of those of natural gas .
- 5. The higgs is the last undiscovered particle in the standard model of particle physics , which for three decades has reigned supreme in explaining how particles and forces interact .