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  • adjective Alternative spelling of unrecognized.

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  • adjective not having a secure reputation
  • adjective not recognized

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Examples

  • Madrid occupied and begirt by forty thousand armed strangers, his title unrecognised by Murat, his weak understanding and tumultuous passions worked upon incessantly by the malicious craft of Savary,

    The History of Napoleon Buonaparte Lockhart, John G 1906

  • Not really a related point, but germane to the closeness of politicians to the BBC, is the spread of the perfectly respectable word "resile" meaning 'recoil' - a word unrecognised by Microsoft Word.

    OPEN THREAD. 2009

  • When, however, helium itself came under observation in 1907, it proved to be quite different from the object before observed, so we dubbed the unrecognised object Occultum, until orthodox science shall find it and label it in proper fashion.

    Occult Chemistry Clairvoyant Observations on the Chemical Elements Annie Wood Besant 1890

  • Concrete homes in the so-called unrecognised villages are under permanent threat of demolition, forcing many residents to live in tin huts and tents, and the national utility companies are barred from connecting them to services.

    CounterPunch 2009

  • Concrete homes in the so-called unrecognised villages are under permanent threat of demolition, forcing many residents to live in tin huts and tents, and the national utility companies are barred from connecting them to services.

    GlobalResearch.ca 2009

  • Concrete homes in the so-called unrecognised villages are under permanent threat of demolition, forcing many residents to live in tin huts and tents, and the national utility companies are barred from connecting them to services.

    Countercurrents.org 2009

  • Concrete homes in the so-called unrecognised villages are under permanent threat of demolition, forcing many residents to live in tin huts and tents, and the national utility companies are barred from connecting them to services.

    unknown title 2009

  • A large proportion of these schools are "unrecognised", which means they operate without the permission of India's notorious education inspectorate.

    Capitalism without Capital, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • The Israeli government has over the years made persistent efforts to evict Bedouin farming communities in the Negev from their "unrecognised" villages and to "concentrate" them in seven "planned townships".

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • "Tens of thousands of Bedouin Arabs are being forced by discriminatory Israeli laws to live in "unrecognised" shanty towns in constant fear of having their homes demolished and their communities torn apart, Human Rights Watch said yesterday."

    Tuesday, April 08, 2008 As'ad 2008

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