unmanifested
Hidden from view
Unmanifested describes something that exists but has not yet taken visible or tangible form.
The term appears in spiritual and philosophical contexts for potential that remains unrealized: The unmanifested contains all possibilities.
In practical use, it simply means not yet shown or revealed: unmanifested symptoms, unmanifested intentions.
Made invisible deliberately
- veiledConcealed or obscured
- obscuredMade hard to perceive
- invisibleCannot be seen
- unseenNot perceived visually
undetected · secret · covert · occult · esoteric · shrouded · cloaked · masked
Inactive but capable
- potentialLatent capacity for development
- untappedNot yet utilized
- unrealizedNot made actual
- unexpressedNot communicated outwardly
quiescent · underlying · inherent · implicit · tacit · suppressed · sleeping · waiting
At earliest developmental stage
- incipientStarting to develop
- inchoatePartially formed, undeveloped
- germinalRelating to earliest development
- buddingDeveloping from an outgrowth
emerging · undeveloped · unformed · immature · rudimentary · primitive · raw · preliminary
Able to occur
- prospectiveExpected in the future
- hypotheticalAssumed but unproven
- theoreticalBased on hypothesis, untested
- virtualExisting in effect, not fact
imaginable · conceivable · unrealized · unactualized · unexpressed · unfulfilled · undiscovered · unearthed
Exceeding usual boundaries
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
- spiritualRelating to the soul
- formlessLacking definite shape
unembodied · incorporeal · invisible · intangible · subtle · astral · otherworldly · numinous
concealed
Made invisible deliberately
unseen · undetected · secret · covert · occult · esoteric · shrouded · cloaked · masked · cryptic
dormant
Inactive but capable
- potentialLatent capacity for development
- untappedNot yet utilized
- unrealizedNot made actual
unexpressed · quiescent · underlying · inherent · implicit · tacit · suppressed · sleeping · waiting · incubating
embryonic
At earliest developmental stage
- incipientStarting to develop
- inchoatePartially formed, undeveloped
- germinalRelating to earliest development
budding · emerging · undeveloped · unformed · immature · rudimentary · primitive · raw · preliminary · formative
possible
Able to occur
- prospectiveExpected in the future
- hypotheticalAssumed but unproven
- theoreticalBased on hypothesis, untested
virtual · imaginable · conceivable · unrealized · unactualized · unexpressed · unfulfilled · undiscovered · unearthed · untried
transcendent
Exceeding usual boundaries
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
- spiritualRelating to the soul
formless · unembodied · incorporeal · invisible · intangible · subtle · astral · otherworldly · numinous · divine
unmanifestedactualized
Made concrete or real
realized · materialized · embodied · incarnate · concrete