unidentified

adjective un·iden·ti·fied \ ˌən-ī-ˈden-tə-ˌfīd , -ə-ˈden- \

|Updated on: 20 Jul 2018

Definition of unidentified

: not having a known or established identity : not identified

unidentified flying objects

an unidentified suspect

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Recent Examples of unidentified from the Web

The unidentified man died from a drug overdose in his Manhattan apartment.

— alexia fernandez, PEOPLE.com, "Bad Girls Club Star & Kanye's Muse Shannade Clermont Arrested for Stealing Dead Man's Identity," 11 July 2018
Alameda Superior Court paid $175,000 to an unidentified man and Santa Barbara Superior Court paid $55,000 to an employee, both in 2017.

— greg moran, sandiegouniontribune.com, "State court agency has paid more than $800,000 since 2010 to settle legal claims, records show," 5 July 2018
The unidentified man was not seriously injured and received immediate medical attention in the incident, which happened at the Richard L. Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Indianapolis.

— Indianapolis Star, "6 times someone accidentally fired a gun in public in Indiana," 27 June 2018
Toyama prefectural police and school officials said the unidentified male suspect, who walked into the school, was shot by a second policeman and captured after the midafternoon attack, when children were still at school.

— Washington Post, "Man kills policeman, guard in attacks near school in Japan," 26 June 2018
Toyama prefectural police and school officials said the unidentified male suspect, who walked into the school, was shot by a second policeman and captured after the midafternoon attack, when children were still at school.

— mari yamaguchi, The Seattle Times, "Man kills policeman, guard in attacks near school in Japan," 26 June 2018
Police said he was shot by unidentified suspects who were fighting.

— christina tkacik, baltimoresun.com, "65-year-old man shot at gas station in East Baltimore," 24 May 2018
The unidentified suspect has a long criminal record, police say.

— cliff pinckard, cleveland.com, "Video shows Ohio man trip suspect running from police," 4 May 2018
The reports, citing an unidentified diplomatic source, said that Andrew Kim, head of the CIA's Korea Mission Center, delivered a letter from Pompeo to Kim Yong Chol, North Korea's main envoy in talks.

— adam taylor, chicagotribune.com, "U.S. envoy meets with North Korean officials in demilitarized zone," 2 July 2018

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