Undisplayed

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Something that is not presented or visible to the viewer
2. Describing content or information that is hidden from display or view
3. Relating to elements or data kept out of sight or not revealed openly

Etymology: "Undisplayed" is simply the English prefix "un-" attached to "displayed," the past participle of "display." The prefix "un-" traces back through Old English and Proto-Germanic to a very old root shared across the Germanic languages, where it marks negation or reversal, so "undisplayed" means not shown or not put on view. "Displayed" itself comes from the verb "display," which entered English from Anglo-French "desplaier," meaning to unfold or spread out, ultimately from Latin "displicare," to scatter or unfold. The original sense was literal, as in unfolding a banner or spreading cloth, and the notion of showing something to an audience developed from that idea of spreading something out where it can be seen. "Undisplayed" therefore reverses that literal unfolding: what has not been spread out for view.

Synonyms: hidden, concealed

Antonyms: displayed, shown