underdocumented

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

under- +‎ documented

Adjective[edit]

underdocumented (comparative more underdocumented, superlative most underdocumented)

  1. Having inadequate documentation.
    • 2009 March 8, Baz Dreisinger, “A Transracial Man”, in New York Times[1]:
      Copeland, like most slaves, is woefully underdocumented; we know that she somehow became literate, migrated to New York in the 1880s and found a job in domestic service.