undocumented
/əndˈɑkjəmɛntɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Not having official documents that provide identification, authorization, etc.
adj
Not having official documents that provide identification, authorization, etc.
Example Sentences
- "Undocumented software can be very difficult to learn to use."
- "On arrival from a foreign port, undocumented foreign-built vessels, if laden with goods, wares or merchandise, may, with their cargoes, be subject to forfeiture."
- "undocumented immigrant"
- "One day after class I was talking to them about college, and one of my top students raised his hand and said he wasn’t sure he could go because he’s undocumented. He didn’t know if they’d let him in."
- "In Tucker, another Atlanta suburb, an undocumented man attending church was arrested after ICE agents arrived, pastor Luis Ortiz told CNN. He said he was in the middle of his sermon when he noticed a couple of members of his church escort the man out."
- "Although the first generation is likely to have greater fluency than the undocumenteds, the controversy over bilingual education attests to the persistence of language difficulties."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English documented English undocumented From un- + documented.