unmarked

adjective

un·​marked ˌən-ˈmärkt 

: not marked: such as

a

: not having an identifying mark or distinctive notation

"I want five thousand dollars in unmarked singles."

—Ed McBain

… an unmarked storefront on Melrose Avenue.

—Gerri Hirshey

an unmarked grave

an unmarked police car

b

of a road : not having a marker giving a street name or route number

… an unmarked, graveled road running parallel with the levee.

—American Guide Series: Louisiana

c

: not noticed : unobserved

To let the death of such a man go unmarked would be, for one offense, to slight ourselves.

—Stanley Kauffman

d

: not characterized

wrote political articles unmarked by a regard for truth

The Christmas season passed, unmarked by any rejoicing.

—Elizabeth George Speare

Examples of unmarked in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The person inside the unmarked vehicle was a deputy U.S. Marshal on protective detail near the residence of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. —Rachel Wolf , Bill Mears, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2025

Police bodycam footage shows the officers exit an unmarked police vehicle, draw their weapons and repeatedly order Reed to roll down his SUV’s tinted windows. —Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025

Witnesses say federal agents arrived in unmarked vehicles around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, and quickly surrounded the Home Depot parking lot on South Towne Avenue. —Calmatters, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025

The individual was taken into custody when an unmarked black SUV pulled up in front of Middletown Superior Court in the morning hours, Mayor Ben Florsheim wrote in a post on Facebook. —Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unmarked

• disembarked
• watermarked
• barked
• marked
• parked
• sparked
• benchmarked
• earmarked
• embarked
• infarct
• pockmarked
• postmarked