How to Use unrecognized in a Sentence

unrecognized

adjective
  • In an unrecognized country amidst the chaos of war, a cow gives birth to a calf.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
  • But life at the more than two dozen unrecognized villages is harsh.
    — Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 14 Oct. 2023
  • But that doesn’t mean your team’s efforts and hard work should go unrecognized.
    — L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune Well, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Now is the time to focus on a group that often goes unrecognized.
    — Natasha Williams, New York Daily News, 2 July 2025
  • Is there a good way to end my cycle of unrecognized gift-giving?
    — cleveland, 24 Dec. 2019
  • Each hour this goes unrecognized makes the success of the coup more likely.
    — Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
  • There was a certain amount of unrecognized grief going on with me.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2022
  • From there, scroll down to Get alerts about unrecognized logins, and turn it on.
    — Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 6 May 2018
  • Some injuries can even go unrecognized for a little bit.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Most of the time he is unrecognized by the staff and is treated like any other customer.
    — Zinnia Lee, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
  • The hope is to shine a light on a broad scope of creatives who might otherwise go unrecognized.
    — Ryan Patrick Hooper, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2018
  • The new look — which no longer includes a mustache — hasn’t gone unrecognized.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Riddle rolled out a new theme this week that was similar enough to his old theme to bo unrecognized.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 19 July 2022
  • Two more victims whose heatstroke went unrecognized were found dead in their beds on the stifling wards.
    — Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2025
  • And the fans that largely felt unrecognized are starting to feel these spaces exist for them, too.
    — Jessi Roti, chicagotribune.com, 1 Aug. 2017
  • Your efforts shouldn't go unrecognized, even if the end results aren't perfect.
    — Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2022
  • Within nine months, the agreement calls for a plan for all the other unrecognized villages.
    — Dov Lieber, WSJ, 11 June 2021
  • She was born Deaf, yet her disability went unrecognized for much of her life.
    — Keely Cat-Wells, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Bareilles can now sometimes walk unrecognized down a New York City street.
    — D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2022
  • In Rick’s case, this might have meant ensuring that his injury didn’t go unrecognized.
    — Andrew V. Papachristos, Scientific American, 9 June 2023
  • Plan a costume party, think up some good tricks or hand out a few treats, but don't let this Halloween go unrecognized.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Blacks have amassed a long list of achievements and contributions to this country that go unrecognized.
    — La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2022
  • First, the Bonus Jonas climbed off the stage and walked through the crowd while singing an unrecognized song to the audience.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Pride before the fall; unrecognized love; Shakespearean irony; and a fool wiser than the wise men.
    — The Week Us, theweek, 13 Aug. 2024
  • On a plane ride last week, the 25-year-old not only went unrecognized by a flight attendant, but confused for a child.
    — Amethyst Tate, PEOPLE.com, 12 July 2022
  • Recognition The app can be set up to ping you in case of an unrecognized entrant or if the dog walker doesn’t arrive on time.
    — Max Chafkin, Bloomberg.com, 11 May 2017
  • The arrival of Brenda, the late man’s unrecognized daughter, will upset the lives of both women.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Israeli officials have argued that Bedouin in unrecognized villages do not have valid claims to the land, and courts have backed up that view.
    — New York Times, 10 June 2021
  • Users should also check event logs for any unrecognized changes to DNS server settings.
    — Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Users should also check event logs for any unrecognized changes to DNS server settings.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2026

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