: not having a name or identified by name : not named
a newly discovered and unnamed species
received their information from an unnamed informant
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The work is unnamed because the Birds are supposed to find it by paying attention.
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Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2024
In an exhibit that laid out the factual basis for the plea deal, prosecutors said Jeffrey Bryant, general manager of the Firebaugh Canal District, had brokered more than $9 million in water sales on behalf of an unnamed farmer between 2013 and 2015 and been paid a commission.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2024
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Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2024
In an exhibit that laid out the factual basis for the plea deal, prosecutors said Jeffrey Bryant, general manager of the Firebaugh Canal District, had brokered more than $9 million in water sales on behalf of an unnamed farmer between 2013 and 2015 and been paid a commission.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2024
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“Unnamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unnamed. Accessed 8 May. 2024.
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