UNSPECIFIED Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words

unspecified

adjective

ˌən-ˈspe-sə-ˌfīd

Definition of unspecified

as in one

known but not named some unspecified person is expected to replace him temporarily as director of operations until a permanent director can be found

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Recent Examples of unspecified Ibarra and an unspecified number of his friends reportedly groped a woman at the Buena Vista party. — Logan Smith, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 Minutes later, Swanson left the match early due to an unspecified injury. — Phuoc Nguyen, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026 Minutes later, Swanson the left the match early due to an unspecified injury. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026 Anthropic was forced to disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for every non-American user, including its own foreign employees, citing an unspecified national security concern, as Fortune reported. — Pawel Rzeszucinski, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unspecified

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Adjective

Drinkwater didn't make one appearance in a Chelsea shirt last season, whilst Bakayoko spent the season in Italy on loan at AC Milan.

— SI.com, SI.com, 3 Aug. 2019
Decisions made by engineers today, in other words, will determine not how one car drives but how all cars drive.

— Johannes Himmelreich, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2018

Definition of one

Adjective

That’s according to a story in The Information that cited unnamed sources familiar with the discussions.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
The unnamed species was apparently a victim of a creature known as a Manhunter — not to be confused with the cartoons’ friendly, green, Oreo-munching Martian Manhunter.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of unnamed

Adjective

This study found an association between certain BMI categories and lower mortality.

— Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
However, in recent years, the state's increased its controlling grip on certain aspects of expression, especially in regards to political figures with the passage of law in 2018 that bans criticism of the nation's heroes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of certain

Adjective

Twelve minutes after Parker reported the incident, an unidentified trooper, who wasn't yet on the scene, asked the dispatcher if an emergency medical services unit was on the way.

— Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026
Huge size and energy NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) previously spotted unidentified little red dots in space in 2024 that scientists have now designated as a new astrophysical source, according to a study published in the journal Nature.

— Devika Rao, TheWeek, 26 Aug. 2026

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