Unevaluated[expr]
represents the unevaluated form of expr when it appears as the argument to a function.


Unevaluated
Unevaluated[expr]
represents the unevaluated form of expr when it appears as the argument to a function.
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (1)
Feed an unevaluated expression to Length:
Applications (1)
Use HoldAll and Unevaluated to suppress evaluation of symbols wherever they would occur:
Properties & Relations (3)
Unevaluated works only where it appears; it is not propagated:
Unevaluated stops Evaluate:
Unevaluated inside a held function remains:
Tech Notes
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History
Introduced in 1991 (2.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1991), Unevaluated, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Unevaluated.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1991. "Unevaluated." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Unevaluated.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1991). Unevaluated. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Unevaluated.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_unevaluated, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Unevaluated}", year="1991", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Unevaluated.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_unevaluated, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Unevaluated}, year={1991}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Unevaluated.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}