unspecified

adjective

ˌən-ˈspe-sə-ˌfīd How to pronounce unspecified (audio)
Definition of unspecifiednext
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 The department currently possesses 49 drones, but an unspecified number are set to be retired and replaced by the new acquisitions. — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026 Watson petitioned Oregon in January 2024 to change his name to Emily Smith and applied for a passport under two other names while providing an unspecified address, according to the Department of Justice. — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 31 July 2026 But late on the eve of the meeting, the committee postponed the vote to an unspecified later date. — Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 30 July 2026 Saifuddin said Myanmar had committed to accept up to 5,000 of its citizens currently living in Malaysia and an unspecified number currently in Cox’s Bazar, a town in south east Bangladesh. — ABC News, 30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for unspecified
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unspecified
  1. one
  2. unnamed
  3. certain
  4. unidentified
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
  • Blanche issued his orders appearing to kill the fund late Sunday after a week of negotiations, with Cornyn and Tillis claiming an unnamed White House advisor appeared to be blocking the DOJ from making a deal.
    — Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • However, multiple reports, citing unnamed sources, said Infantino was positioned to be chief executive of the investment arm in his post-FIFA days, a job that pays $30 million a year.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of unnamed
Adjective
  • As more skincare brands come to market, Kim says shoppers should be wary of the ones that place too much importance on the inclusion or omission of certain ingredients.
    — Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • In both shows, romance takes a back seat as a minor subplot, proving that WOCA (an acronym for women of a certain age that Ride Or Die fully embraces) are interested in more than love stories and relationship triangles.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of certain
Adjective
  • Her hope is that when unidentified remains are found, they can be checked against the database to see if that person was from the Blackfeet Tribe, and to possibly link the remains to family members.
    — Dateline NBC, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Per the publication, the model breached an unidentified company’s systems and changed its internal environment.
    — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of unidentified

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