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undated

adj.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˌənˈdeɪtɪd// UK //ʌndˈeɪtɪd// un·dat·ed

adj. describing something that does not have a date written on it. You use this for things like old letters, photos, or documents where you don't know exactly when they were made.

adj. lacking a recorded date of origin, execution, or expiration. Often used in archival or legal contexts to describe documents or correspondence that fail to specify a day, month, or year.


SIMPLE

The police found an undated letter in the desk drawer.

CONTEXTUAL

Historians struggled to organize the collection because many of the personal journals were undated and unsigned.

COMPLEX

The museum's acquisition of the undated manuscript sparked a debate among scholars regarding whether the linguistic style placed it in the early or late seventeenth century.

Synonyms
Etymology 1

From un- + dated.

Etymology 2

From Latin undatus, past participle of undare (“to rise in waves, to wave, to undulate”).

Usage

Typically used as an attributive adjective before a noun like 'letter', 'document', or 'check'.

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