noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun
Used for books, manuscripts, or works that have not yet been published. Often contrasted with 既刊 (already published).
See also: 既刊
その作家の未刊の原稿が発見された。
An unpublished manuscript by that author was discovered.
未刊の作品をまとめて出版する計画がある。
There is a plan to publish the unpublished works together.
既刊 means 'already published', the opposite of 未刊.
Compound of 未 (mi, 'not yet') and 刊 (kan, 'publish').