Sentence examples for were little understood from inspiring English sources

For the first time, China's state-owned companies were issuing shares, but these were little understood by the general public.

HIV and Aids were little understood in the mid-Eighties and they were surrounded by a huge stigma.

Because there was little understanding of the bacteriology and chemistry involved, these changes were little understood and difficult to duplicate.

Once an aspiring journalist, the Merrill Lynch analyst was dubbed Elvis and King Blodget for his ability to call stock movements in start-up internet companies that were little understood by more established Wall Street analysts.

The process of yoghurt making is an ancient craft, which dates back thousands of years and possibly even to the domestication of the cow, sheep or goat, but it is safe to assume that, prior to the 19th century, the various stages were little understood.

However, thermodynamics were little understood in his time.

Yet in reality his foreign policy approach is little understood.

The chicken-and-egg nature of technology is little understood.

The younger Mr. Powell's relationship with his father is little understood.

Such distinctions obviously involve arcane areas of finance that are little understood by investors.

But this is just another way of saying that the world's current interregnum is little understood.