: not having a name or identified by name : not named
a newly discovered and unnamed species
received their information from an unnamed informant
Examples of unnamed in a Sentence
used some unnamed procedure for testing the accuracy of the device
the newspaper article quoted several unnamed sources
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According to the sheriff's office, the unnamed dog and her owner were visiting the monument from out of town.
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Michael Nied, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
An unnamed senior Iranian official told Britain's The Telegraph earlier this week that members of Iran's military had called for a strike on the Diego Garcia base to deter a U.S. strike on Iran.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
Castellanos was kept in jail because there was no monitoring device for him — something out of Tyler’s control — and Chaplin was arrested at an unnamed law enforcement agency’s discretion, the vendor said.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2025
Axios cited an unnamed senior White House official as saying that the administration was considering allowing taxes to go up on higher-income earners to help offset the revenue loss of fulfilling his campaign promise of no taxes on tips.
—The Editors, National Review, 1 Apr. 2025
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Michael Nied, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
An unnamed senior Iranian official told Britain's The Telegraph earlier this week that members of Iran's military had called for a strike on the Diego Garcia base to deter a U.S. strike on Iran.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
Castellanos was kept in jail because there was no monitoring device for him — something out of Tyler’s control — and Chaplin was arrested at an unnamed law enforcement agency’s discretion, the vendor said.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2025
Axios cited an unnamed senior White House official as saying that the administration was considering allowing taxes to go up on higher-income earners to help offset the revenue loss of fulfilling his campaign promise of no taxes on tips.
—The Editors, National Review, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Unnamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unnamed. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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