Standard Lemma guide

unpublished

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 N P AH1 B L IH0 SH T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not published.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • an unpublished poem
  • an unpublished author

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

not published

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • unpublished letters and diaries

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: published

History

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Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English published English unpublished From un- + published.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: անտիպ (antip) — not published
  • Catalan: inèdit — not published
  • Chinese Mandarin: 未出版的 (wèi chūbǎn de) — not published
  • Danish: upubliseret — not published
  • Esperanto: neeldonita — not published
  • Finnish: julkaisematon — not published
  • French: inédit — not published
  • German: unediert — not published
  • German: unveröffentlicht — not published
  • Greek: ανέκδοτος (anékdotos) — not published
  • Hungarian: kiadatlan — not published
  • Italian: inedito — not published
  • Japanese: 未出版 (mi shuppan) — not published
  • Norwegian Bokmål: upublisert — not published
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: upublisert — not published
  • Portuguese: inédito — not published
  • Romanian: nepublicat — not published
  • Romanian: inedit — not published
  • Russian: неопублико́ванный (neopublikóvannyj) — not published
  • Russian: неи́зданный (neízdannyj) — not published
  • Spanish: inédito — not published
  • Swedish: opublicerad — not published
  • Turkish: açıklanmamış — not published
  • Turkish: basılmamış — not published
  • Turkish: yayımlanmamış — not published
  • Turkish: yayınlanmamış — not published
Real reading context

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