unnamed

adjective

un·​named ˌən-ˈnāmd 

: not having a name or identified by name : not named

a newly discovered and unnamed species

received their information from an unnamed informant

Synonyms of unnamed

• one
• anonymous

Examples of unnamed in a Sentence

used some unnamed procedure for testing the accuracy of the device

the newspaper article quoted several unnamed sources

Recent Examples on the Web

In one of the emails, from late May of that year, one person mentions an unnamed person, presumably Epstein, spending only 90 days in jail. —Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025

On July 9, an unnamed staffer referenced locating three in Florida, one in Boston, one in New York city and one in Connecticut. —Bart Jansen, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025

Advertisement Epstein introduces a 14-year-old girl to Trump In addition, there is a complaint (EFTA00019101) filed by an unnamed woman in January 2020 in the Southern District of New York. —Callum Sutherland, Time, 23 Dec. 2025

After the fire was extinguished, the unnamed man was charged with arson, reckless endangerment and malicious destruction of property. —Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unnamed

• counterclaimed
• unashamed
• abovenamed
• acclaimed
• ashamed
• declaimed
• defamed
• disclaimed
• exclaimed
• inflamed
• misnamed
• nicknamed