Meanings
alternative unrecognised
- Not recognized:
- BritishEnglishOxfordUSnot comparableNot matched in memory.
- BritishEnglishOxfordUSnot comparableNot acknowledged; not granted recognition.
1 more example
[Never heard of] the Imperial Kingdom of Calsahara? The Conch Republic? The Principality of Sealand? You’re not alone. Léo Delafontaine hadn’t either until 2012, when he visited the Republic of Saugeais, a self-proclaimed micronation in eastern France. He's since become fascinated with "countries" unrecognized by world governments and organizations.
2014 November 18, Jordan Teicher, “The World's Tiniest Countries and the Eccentrics Who Rule Them”, in Wired, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2015
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot recognized
adjectivenot having a secure reputation
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishrecognized
- Englishunrecognized
From un- + recognized.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian непризнат
- непризнат (nepriznat)not acknowledged — see also unacknowledged
Esperanto nerekonita
- nerekonitanot matched in memory
German unerkannt
- unerkanntnot matched in memory
Russian неузнанный, нераспо́знанный
- неузнанный (neuznannyj)not matched in memory
- нераспо́знанный (neraspóznannyj)not matched in memory
- непри́знанный (nepríznannyj)not acknowledged — see also unacknowledged
Ukrainian невпі́знаний, нерозпі́знаний
- невпі́знаний (nevpíznanyj)not matched in memory
- нерозпі́знаний (nerozpíznanyj)not matched in memory
- неви́знаний (nevýznanyj)not acknowledged — see also unacknowledged
Cite this entry
unrecognized. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrecognized
“unrecognized.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrecognized. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unrecognized,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrecognized.
Source: unrecognized on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.