unnamed

adjective

un·​named ˌən-ˈnāmd How to pronounce unnamed (audio)
: not having a name or identified by name : not named
a newly discovered and unnamed species
received their information from an unnamed informant

Examples of unnamed in a Sentence

used some unnamed procedure for testing the accuracy of the device the newspaper article quoted several unnamed sources
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The bureau identified three other suspects in the surveillance operation, including two unnamed hardware engineers and a financier, a woman known as Wang. Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025 The deluge, directed at an unnamed Cloudflare customer, came from 13,000 IoT devices infected by a variant of Mirai, a potent piece of malware with a long history of delivering massive DDoSes of once-unimaginable sizes. Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2025 Overhauling federal bureaucracy Trump has halted federal government hires, excepting the military and other parts of government that went unnamed. Colleen Long, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025 Overhauling federal bureaucracy Trump has halted federal government hiring, excepting the military and other parts of government that went unnamed. Bill Barrow, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for unnamed 

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unnamed was in the 15th century

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“Unnamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unnamed. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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