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# undocumented

«undocumented» in Mova's school dictionary: **not written down or recorded anywhere** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (undocumented)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Undocumented means not written down or recorded anywhere. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undocumented/#m1)

2) An undocumented person (often a migrant) is living in a country without the official papers that allow them to be there; this is a polite term. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undocumented/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history: undocumented events have no written record. In computers: an undocumented feature is not in the instructions. In news and social studies: undocumented workers or immigrants — a softer, more respectful word than "illegal". Phrases: undocumented immigrant, undocumented feature.

### examples

- Much of the village's history is undocumented. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undocumented/#x1)
- The game has an undocumented secret level. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undocumented/#x2)
- Many undocumented workers pick fruit on farms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undocumented/#x3)
- The scientist's early experiments were undocumented, so no one could check them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undocumented/#x4)
- Undocumented migrants can find it hard to see a doctor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undocumented/#x5)
- This bug is undocumented, so please write it up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undocumented/#x6)

### note

Prefix "un-" + documented (recorded). In politics and news it is a chosen, gentler word; others use "illegal immigrant", which many people find hurtful. Talk about people with respect.

### In the corpora

- ["Undocumented feature" is a joking name for a software bug.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/23-fees-bugs-and-spin/10/)
- ["Undocumented immigrant" means an immigrant living without legal permission (US, polite).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/24-government-spin/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «undocumented» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undocumented/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.