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UNDOCUMENTED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does undocumented mean?
• UNDOCUMENTED (adjective)
The adjective UNDOCUMENTED has 1 sense:
1. lacking necessary documents (as for e.g. permission to live or work in a country)
Familiarity information: UNDOCUMENTED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking necessary documents (as for e.g. permission to live or work in a country)
Context example:
undocumented tax deductions
Similar:
unregistered ((a boat or vessel) not furnished with official documents)
Antonym:
documented (furnished with or supported by documents)
Context examples
Scientists have finished constructing the pan-genome for the cultivated tomato and its wild relatives, mapping almost 5,000 previously undocumented genes.
(Tomato Pan-Genome Makes Bringing Flavor Back Easier, Agricultural Research Service)
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