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undocumented

undocumented adjective: lacking instructions or reference material.

Adjective

undocumented (not comparable)

  1. Lacking instructions or reference material.
    • Undocumented software can be very difficult to learn to use.
  2. Not having official documents that provide identification, authorization, etc.
    • 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.1861, United States, War Department - Annual Reports
    1. Not having official documentation required to legally enter, reside in, or work in a country.
      • 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.2017 May 25, Mark Zuckerberg, “Mark Zuckerberg’s Commencement address at Harvard”, in The Harvard Gazette, archived from the original on 11 Feb 2022

Noun

undocumented (plural undocumenteds)

  1. (informal) Synonym of undocumented immigrant.
    • 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.1986, Social Science Quarterly, volume 67, page 676

undocumented meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

undocumented in Hindi

गैर-प्रलेखित

undocumented in Tamil

ஆவணமற்றது, ஆவணமற்ற

undocumented in Marathi

बिनदस्तावेजीकृत, बिनदस्तावेष्टित

undocumented in Urdu

غیر دستاویزی, غیر دستاویز شدہ
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undocumented in Bengali
নথিহীন
undocumented in Kannada
ದಾಖಲೆರಹಿತ
undocumented in Punjabi
ਅਣ-ਦਸਤਾਵੇਜ਼ੀ, ਅਣ-ਦਸਤਾਵੇਜ਼ਿਤ, ਗੈਰ-ਦਸਤਾਵੇਜ਼ੀ
undocumented in Gujarati
બિનદસ્તાવેજીકૃત, બિન-દસ્તાવેજીકૃત
undocumented in Odia
ଡକ୍ଯ଼ୁମେଣ୍ଟବିହୀନ, ଡକ୍ଯ଼ୁମେଣ୍ଟ ବିହୀନ, ଡକୁମେଣ୍ଟବିହୀନ
undocumented in Nepali
कागजातविहीन, कागजातहीन, कागजातरहित

Examples of undocumented in a sentence

  • Undocumented migrants are vulnerable to exploitation.
  • One is a bill to create a state unemployment insurance system for undocumented workers.
  • They had to because one the major science project of all humanity is sloppy, undocumented and hazardous.

All 29 example sentences with undocumented

Synonyms of undocumented

Forms of undocumented

pluralundocumenteds

Origin of undocumented

From un- + documented.

Words formed from undocumented

Phrases with undocumented

Questions about undocumented

What does undocumented mean?
Undocumented means lacking instructions or reference material.
What is undocumented in Hindi?
Undocumented in Hindi is गैर-प्रलेखित. See Undocumented meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is undocumented?
Undocumented can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near undocumented in the dictionary

  1. undoctrined
  2. undocument
  3. undocumentable
  4. undocumentably
  5. undocumentary
  6. undocumented
  7. undocumented alien
  8. undocumented aliens
  9. undocumented immigrant
  10. undocumented immigrants
  11. undocumented worker

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: undocumented (page history and authors); undocumented (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); undocumented (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); undocumented (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); undocumented (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); undocumented (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); undocumented (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); undocumented (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); undocumented (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); undocumented (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); undocumented (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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