undated

adjective

un·​dat·​ed ˌən-ˈdā-təd How to pronounce undated (audio)
: not dated: such as
a
: bearing no date
an undated letter
undated photographs
b
: having no specified date of termination : having no limit or no end
undated securities

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This undated photo provided by Veronica Roberson in June 2026 shows her grandson, Kohen Wiley, of Senatobia, Miss. — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 The post included a photo of the couple cutting a celebratory cake together, along with an undated black-and-white throwback photo from earlier in their relationship. — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2026 Nidal Hasan, charged with killing 13 people and wounding 32 in a November 2009 shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, is pictured in an undated Bell County Sheriff's Office photograph. — Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026 Picasso’s Tête de femme (Dora Maar), 1941; Tête de femme, 1939–40; and Couple, 1969 will also hit the block, with fifteenth-century sculptor Tilman Riemenschneider’s undated sculpture Saint Catherine rounding out the trove. — News Desk, Artforum, 5 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for undated

Word History

First Known Use

1570, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of undated was in 1570

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