unmarked

adjective

un·marked ˌən-ˈmärkt

: not marked: such as

: 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

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

: not noticed : unobserved

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

Stanley Kauffman

: not characterized

wrote political articles unmarked by a regard for truth

The Christmas season passed, unmarked by any rejoicing.—

Elizabeth George Speare

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Back when Marvin worked for Knuckles (Daniel Wu), his last big job was to drive Rose out to an unmarked grave and dump her in it. —

Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025 Other bodies were buried in unmarked graves without proper postmortems or given to medical schools with no consideration for the wishes of the deceased. —

Tyler McBrien, The Dial, 28 Jan. 2025 The Frasers find out that Jane has been buried in an unmarked grave in a pauper’s field, news that devastates Frances. —

Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 17 Jan. 2025 She was buried in an unmarked grave in a segregated cemetery. —

Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for unmarked