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 revised Treasury-Fed accord Warsh envisions would in some, still-unspecified, way govern the size and potentially composition of the Fed's balance sheet. Steve Liesman,matt Peterson, CNBC, 4 May 2026 The lawsuit, filed in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Florida, seeks unspecified damages and a public retraction of statements Sun made on social media about World Liberty Financial. Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 4 May 2026 Details of the settlement were unspecified. Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 4 May 2026 Tatum briefly left Game 6 in the third quarter for unspecified treatment to his left calf. Kyle Hightower, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 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
Adjective
  • The company broke ground on that air separation plant in Brownsville, Texas, to produce gases for an unnamed customer.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 9 May 2026
  • Since the war began, tennis players from Belarus and Russia have had to play with their countries unnamed and without flags next to their names.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 May 2026
Adjective
  • The condition is not uncommon and somewhat prevalent in certain breeds like various Spaniels, certain Hounds, some Retrievers, and some giant dog breeds.
    Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 10 May 2026
  • Martin said the Vatican had been clear that the Vatican's 2023 declaration limited blessing of same-sex couples only under certain circumstances.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 May 2026
Adjective
  • The Sierra Madre Police Department said Saturday that a man — at that point unidentified — died after having a medical emergency on the trail and that no foul play was suspected.
    Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
  • Thermal imaging on the clip obtained by KDVR shows the unidentified person scale a perimeter fence before walking directly into the airplane's path.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026

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“Unspecified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unspecified. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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