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unspecified

adjective

un·​spec·​i·​fied ˌən-ˈspe-sə-ˌfīd How to pronounce unspecified (audio)
: not named or stated explicitly : not specified
an unspecified location
unspecifiable adjective
unspecifiable sources

Examples of unspecified in a Sentence

some unspecified person is expected to replace him temporarily as director of operations until a permanent director can be found
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According to The American Presidency Project (APP), Biden signed 162 executive orders during his presidency, though the exact number using an autopen remains unspecified. Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025 Webb and Fourte were transported to UAMS and Baptist Hospital-Conway, the report said, for treatment of unspecified injuries. Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2025 Police said that Blanco's mother was unharmed in the incident, though several rooms in her home were ransacked and unspecified property was stolen from the residence, ABC7 reported. Amy McCarthy, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025 The Paris Agreement is built around temperature increases compared with an unspecified preindustrial baseline, generally taken as the latter half of the 19th century. Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 22 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unspecified

Word History

First Known Use

1624, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unspecified was in 1624

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“Unspecified.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unspecified. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.

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