unclassified
adjective
un·clas·si·fied
ˌən-ˈkla-sə-ˌfīd 
1
: not subject to a security classification
unclassified information
2
: not placed or belonging in a class
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The measure would require the release of unclassified files the government has related to Epstein.
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The case has since transitioned from a missing juvenile investigation to an unclassified death investigation.
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Officials believed the unclassified emails transcribed information from classified material, triggering the new phase of the investigation.
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Many of the spaceplane's payloads have been classified, but officials typically identify a handful of unclassified experiments flying on each X-37B mission.
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Leila Fadel, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
The case has since transitioned from a missing juvenile investigation to an unclassified death investigation.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Officials believed the unclassified emails transcribed information from classified material, triggering the new phase of the investigation.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Many of the spaceplane's payloads have been classified, but officials typically identify a handful of unclassified experiments flying on each X-37B mission.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2025
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unclassified
adjective
un·clas·si·fied
ˌən-ˈklas-ə-ˌfīd
: not classified
especially
: not requiring special treatment for purposes of security
unclassified documents
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