unpublished
adjective
un·pub·lished
ˌən-ˈpə-blisht 
: not published: such as
a
: not released for public distribution or sale
an unpublished book/manuscript
b
: having no works that have been published
an unpublished author
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Major publishers and small presses are reissuing novels long out of print, exhuming unpublished manuscripts from celebrated writers, and championing unpopular works dismissed for their abstraction or difficulty.
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Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2025
Roughly 240,000 Ukrainians came to the U.S. under the process, according to unpublished government data.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2025
Activity on eBird, a platform where birders can record their observations, increased more than 27-fold in Colombia since 2010, according to unpublished research by Ocampo-Peñuela and other authors that’s currently under review.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 3 Jan. 2025
For the Onyx Collective initiative, unpublished fiction manuscripts that have received at least one evaluation are eligible for opt-in consideration; opting in is free.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 3 Dec. 2024
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Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2025
Roughly 240,000 Ukrainians came to the U.S. under the process, according to unpublished government data.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2025
Activity on eBird, a platform where birders can record their observations, increased more than 27-fold in Colombia since 2010, according to unpublished research by Ocampo-Peñuela and other authors that’s currently under review.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 3 Jan. 2025
For the Onyx Collective initiative, unpublished fiction manuscripts that have received at least one evaluation are eligible for opt-in consideration; opting in is free.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 3 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for unpublished
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“Unpublished.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unpublished. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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