unascertained
English
Etymology
un- + ascertained
Pronunciation
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Adjective
unascertained (comparative more unascertained, superlative most unascertained)
- Not ascertained; undetermined; unknown.
- 1862, Herbert Spencer, “Religion and Science”, in First Principles, London: Williams and Norgate, page 17:
- Throughout all future time, as now, the human mind may occupy itself, not only with ascertained phenomena and their relations, but also with that unascertained something which phenomena and their relations imply.
- 1881, William Dean Howells, chapter IV, in A Fearful Responsibility, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, page 38:
- A conjecture vaguely taking shape in his mind resolved itself to nothing again, and left him with only the ache of something unascertained.
- 1917 March 23, “When the House Meets”, in The New York Times, page 8:
- This will dispose of the power of the five perhaps estimable but unknown individuals known as “independents” to control in accordance with their unascertained prejudices the self-defending labors of a great nation in the presence of an efficient foe.
Translations
not ascertained
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