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UNACKNOWLEDGED

• UNACKNOWLEDGED (adjective)
The adjective UNACKNOWLEDGED has 2 senses:

1. not recognized or admitted
2. not openly acknowledged

Familiarity information: UNACKNOWLEDGED used as an adjective is rare.

• UNACKNOWLEDGED (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Not recognized or admitted

Similar:

disowned; repudiated (any connection is denied)

unappreciated; unsung; unvalued (having value that is not acknowledged)

secret; unavowed (not openly made known)

unconfessed (not admitted)

unrecognised; unrecognized (not recognized)

Also:

unknown (not known)

Attribute:

acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition (the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged)

Antonym:

acknowledged (recognized or made known or admitted)

Sense 2

unacknowledged ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Not openly acknowledged

Context example:

an unacknowledged emergency

Similar:

undeclared (not announced or openly acknowledged)

"A stitch in time saves nine."
(English proverb)
"After dark all cats are leopards."
(Native American proverb, Zuni)
"A wise man associating with the vicious becomes an idiot; a dog traveling with good men becomes a rational being."
(Arabic proverb)
"One who scorns is one who buys."
(Corsican proverb)

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