unrecognized

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Unrecognized by the United Nations, it has a currency, the ruble, that is virtually worthless outside its borders.

From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2022

“Thanks to the leadership of the Native Community we compiled a list of Federally Recognized, State Recognized, First Nations, Latin American, and currently Unrecognized Tribes.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2020

Unrecognized and untreated, they can sideline athletes from play and lead to more serious injuries and disability.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2016

Unrecognized statelets such as Nagorno-Karabakh, part of Azerbaijan; Transnistria, a sliver of Moldova; Abkhazia and South Ossetia, disputed units of Georgia; and now Donetsk and Luhansk, parts of Ukraine—each entails a story of Stalinist border-making.

From Newsweek • Feb. 28, 2015

To be as much misunderstood As once was Andrea del Sarto; Unrecognized to toil away, Like Millet—not, of course, Millais.

From Perverted Proverbs A Manual of Immorals for the Many by Graham, Harry