unpublicized

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adjective

Not publicized.

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Meanings

adjectiveunpublicized (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot publicized.

    The plight of gays, lesbians, and people with HIV/AIDS in the Soviet Union continues to go unpublicized. Only through concerted international activism will "gay glasnost" ever occur. We have much to learn from our American comrades.

    1990 December 9, John Zeh, quoting Roman Kalinin, “Soviet Gay Activists Visit U.S. Capital”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 21, page 3

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishpublicized
  9. Englishunpublicized

From un- + publicized.

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APA

unpublicized. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpublicized

MLA

“unpublicized.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpublicized. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unpublicized,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpublicized.

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