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unrecognised

unrecognised is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of unrecognized.

Meaning of unrecognized

Adjective

unrecognized (not comparable)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US) Not matched in memory.
  2. (British, English, Oxford, US) Not acknowledged; not granted recognition.
    • [Never heard of] the Imperial Kingdom of Calsahara? The Conch Republic? The Principality of Sealand? You’re not alone. Léo Delafontaine hadn’t either until 2012, when he visited the Republic of Saugeais, a self-proclaimed micronation in eastern France. He's since become fascinated with "countries"...2014 November 18, Jordan Teicher, “The World's Tiniest Countries and the Eccentrics Who Rule Them”, in Wired, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2015

Origin of unrecognised

From un- + recognised.

Questions about unrecognised

What is unrecognised the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Unrecognised is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of unrecognized.

Words near unrecognised in the dictionary

  1. unreclusive
  2. unrecognisability
  3. unrecognisable
  4. unrecognisably
  5. unrecognise
  6. unrecognised
  7. unrecognises
  8. unrecognising
  9. unrecognition
  10. unrecognizability
  11. unrecognizable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unrecognised (page history and authors); unrecognized (page history and authors). 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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