unrecognised

Questions about unrecognised

What does unrecognised mean?

unrecognised means "not having a secure reputation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unrecognised?

unrecognised has 4 syllables: un-recog-ni-sed. The stress falls on "recog".

What is another word for unrecognised?

Close synonyms include unrecognized, unrecognized. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is unrecognised a common word?

unrecognised is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.