unbranded

adjective

un·​brand·​ed ˌən-ˈbran-dəd 

1

: not marked with the owner's name or mark

unbranded cattle

2

: not sold under a brand name

Examples of unbranded in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Chinese shopping apps DHgate, a wholesale marketplace known for selling dupes and unbranded versions of luxury items, and Taobao (BABA), the country’s original e-commerce site, have shot toward the top of the U.S. Apple app store as a result. —Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2025

Many of these are unbranded items; countless others are dupes of recognizable ones. —Chris Stokel-Walker, Wired News, 16 Apr. 2025

Longer answer: Many of these products are either mass-produced by unbranded manufacturers or straight-up counterfeit. —Francesca Krempa, StyleCaster, 10 Apr. 2025

The nation’s biggest drugstore chains are joining Ulta Beauty, Meijer, Hy-Vee, several dermatologists and The Skin Cancer Foundation to support an unbranded campaign called Sun Responsibly. —Faye Brookman, WWD, 4 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1749, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for unbranded

• backhanded
• commanded
• demanded
• disbanded
• expanded
• misbranded
• remanded
• banded
• branded
• candid
• handed
• landed