unpublished

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adjective

Not published.

“an unpublished poem”

Opposite
published
OriginEnglish published ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
CommonScrabble 19
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Meanings

adjectiveunpublished (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot published.

    an unpublished poem

    2 more examples

    an unpublished author

    Some interesting details of Sturrock's subsequent career are contained in his unpublished memoirs, compiled long after his retirement from the railway service.

    1948 January and February, “Memoirs of Archibald Sturrock”, in Railway Magazine, page 47

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot published

Opposite
published

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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. Englishpublished
  9. Englishunpublished

From un- + published.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Catalan inèdit
  • inèditnot published
Chinese Mandarin 未出版的
  • 未出版的 (wèi chūbǎn de)not published
Danish upubliseret
  • upubliseretnot published
Esperanto neeldonita
  • neeldonitanot published
Finnish julkaisematon
  • julkaisematonnot published
French inédit
  • inéditnot published
German unediert, unveröffentlicht
  • unediertnot published
  • unveröffentlichtnot published
Greek ανέκδοτος
  • ανέκδοτος (anékdotos)not published
Hungarian kiadatlan
  • kiadatlannot published
Italian inedito
  • ineditonot published
Japanese 未出版
  • 未出版 (mi shuppan)not published
Norwegian Bokmål upublisert
  • upublisertnot published
Portuguese inédito
  • inéditonot published
Romanian nepublicat, inedit
  • nepublicatnot published
  • ineditnot published
Russian неопублико́ванный, неи́зданный
  • неопублико́ванный (neopublikóvannyj)not published
  • неи́зданный (neízdannyj)not published
Spanish inédito
  • inéditonot published
Swedish opublicerad
  • opubliceradnot published
Turkish açıklanmamış, basılmamış
  • açıklanmamışnot published
  • basılmamışnot published
  • yayımlanmamışnot published
  • yayınlanmamışnot published
Cite this entry
APA

unpublished.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 Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpublished

MLA

“unpublished.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpublished.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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unpublished,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpublished.

Source: unpublished on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.