undocumented

adjective

Definition of undocumentednext
as in hypothetical

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Recent Examples of undocumented The student was born in the United States, but her parents are undocumented immigrants from Mexico. — Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Mar. 2025 The law requires detention of undocumented immigrants charged with crimes, including nonviolent burglary, theft or shoplifting. — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2025 But that information was based on a population of undocumented immigrants of 167,000 when the population is somewhere between 113,000 and 150,000, the Courant article further states. — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 6 Mar. 2025 The 22-year-old Georgia nursing student was brutally killed last year by an undocumented Venezuelan immigrant, and her name has since become a rallying cry for tougher border security. — Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for undocumented
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undocumented
  1. hypothetical
  2. speculative
  3. apocryphal
  4. theoretical
  5. imaginary
  6. unauthentic
  7. chimerical
  8. mythical
Adjective
  • Proponents of the move say the reserve would act as a hedge against financial instability in a hypothetical future in which cryptocurrencies replace regular money issued by central banks.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Proponents argued that an investment in Bitcoin would help the government chip away at the $36 trillion national debt, and ensure that the United States remained dominant in a hypothetical future where the global economy runs on cryptocurrencies.
    — David Yaffe-Bellany, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of hypothetical
Adjective
  • Implementing stronger oversight for speculative assets.
    — Susie Violet Ward, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Any financial instruments mentioned herein are speculative in nature and may involve risk to principal and interest.
    — Katie Stockton, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of speculative
Adjective
  • American sportswriter Frank Deford perpetuated the apocryphal story of Leo Seltzer’s invention of roller derby.
    — Colleen English, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2025
  • There’s an apocryphal story among J.R.R. Tolkien fans that the fantasy author’s villainous portrayals of spiders were inspired by a childhood incident when a tarantula bit him.
    — Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
Definition of apocryphal
Adjective
  • This isn’t just theoretical—Ben & Jerry’s founders have openly discussed buying back the brand from Unilever.
    — Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
  • For them, a theoretical risk has already become an all too personal one.
    — Ron Lieber, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of theoretical
Adjective
  • Unlike the more familiar real numbers – positive and negative integers, fractions, square roots, cube roots and even numbers such as pi – complex numbers have an imaginary component.
    — William Ross, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Getting put in imaginary handcuffs, a reference to Miami-Dade police’s detainment of the All-Pro receiver outside of Hard Rock Stadium prior to Sunday’s game.
    — C. Isaiah Smalls II, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of imaginary
Adjective
  • Both games made changes to the core formula that longtime players didn't appreciate, such as an influx of unauthentic skins and a departure from the class system.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Its ability to accurately discern and promptly respond to unauthentic negative reviews allows businesses to maintain a legitimate, trustworthy online image.
    — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
Definition of unauthentic
Adjective
  • In spite of everything, the setting continues to compel me, as does the puzzle of Flores’s fiction, which frames the South Texas border region as a territory both physical and chimerical.
    — David L. Ulin, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Kilgore, his dream of fame approaching, also sees its chimerical agonies.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2025
Definition of chimerical
Adjective
  • Hamilton achieved most of these minimal brake moments while driving for Mercedes for 12 seasons, except for one out-of-reach trophy: turning seven championship titles into the mythical record-setting eight.
    — Olivia Hicks, NPR, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The furniture collection was inspired by sea life, the mythical sea creatures of Ancient Greece and is composed of the Lorelei armchair and sofa, Ligea coffee tables, Neomeris carpet, Nereide sofa, Ploto low tables, Seidon sofa, Sibelia low tables and Teti pouf.
    — Sofia Celeste, WWD, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of mythical

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