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
Muncy missed the last four games of the regular season due to an unspecified injury.
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Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
The lawsuit seeks unspecified monetary damages.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
The airline had a similar outage in August, when airports in Chicago, San Francisco, Houston and Newark, New Jersey, were hit by delays due to an unspecified problem.
—Patrick Smith, NBC news, 24 Sep. 2025
Its reasons for doing so have been remarkably vague, with suggestions of unspecified flaws to the permitting process that involve everything from environmental impacts to detail-free national security concerns.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2025
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Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
The lawsuit seeks unspecified monetary damages.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
The airline had a similar outage in August, when airports in Chicago, San Francisco, Houston and Newark, New Jersey, were hit by delays due to an unspecified problem.
—Patrick Smith, NBC news, 24 Sep. 2025
Its reasons for doing so have been remarkably vague, with suggestions of unspecified flaws to the permitting process that involve everything from environmental impacts to detail-free national security concerns.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unspecified
Adjective
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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
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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
Adjective
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In writer-director Christian Ditter’s glossy take on the fantastical story about the preciousness of time, an enigmatic red-haired girl named Momo (Alexa Goodall) lives inside the amphitheater of an unnamed European city (perhaps closest in look to Rome).—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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The unnamed first-person protagonist, portrayed expressively by Golden Voice Narrator JD Jackson, wins a National Book Award.—
AudioFile Magazine
September 30,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In fact, while vision isn’t their strongest sense, dogs may even be able to see certain aspects of a TV show.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Oct. 2025
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Providing fiber for digestion, there’s fresh broccoli along with antioxidants to help reduce the risk of certain cancers.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Norway, Denmark and Germany have also reported incidents involving unidentified drones in their airspace in last week, causing disruption to airports and air traffic.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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An unidentified person on the sideline picked the ball up and tossed it back to Biles, who celebrated with a Eurostep toward the stands and tossed the ball to his family.—
David Ubben,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Unspecified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unspecified. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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