uncatalogued
|un-cat-a-logued|
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/ʌnˈkætəlɔːɡd/
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/ʌnˈkætəlɒɡd/
(uncatalogue)
not listed
Etymology
'uncatalogued' is formed in Modern English by the prefix 'un-' (meaning 'not') plus 'catalogue', which ultimately goes back to Greek 'katalogos' meaning 'a list; register'.
'catalogue' entered English from Old French and Latin 'catalogus', which itself derives from Greek 'katalogos' ('kata-' + 'logos' meaning 'down'/'according to' + 'word, list'); the negative form 'uncatalogued' developed by adding the productive English prefix 'un-' to this noun/verb.
Originally 'katalogos' referred to a list or register; over time 'catalogue' came to mean both the list and the act of listing, and 'uncatalogued' has long meant 'not listed' or 'not entered in a catalogue'.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Verb 1
past tense or past participle form of 'uncatalogue' — (to) leave out of or remove from a catalogue; to fail to catalogue.
Several entries were uncatalogued during the archive reorganization.
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Adjective 1
not entered in a catalogue or list; not recorded, indexed, or classified.
The museum discovered several uncatalogued artifacts in the storage room.
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Last updated: 2025/12/17 00:55