: 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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used some unnamed procedure for testing the accuracy of the device
the newspaper article quoted several unnamed sources
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Sometime in the 1980s, unnamed parties donated the Lafayette Meteorite (named after its location) to Chicago’s Field Museum.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
Hue and an unnamed friend, who was not arrested, got into a confrontation with four UC Berkeley students in the 2400 block of Telegraph Avenue.
—Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
The cuts target sales and marketing roles in some divisions including consumer PC and gaming PC, Bloomberg reported, citing an unnamed person familiar with the matter.
—Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 13 Nov. 2024
According to the lawsuit, which lists six unnamed John Does as defendants, the group also drove to multiple polling locations in Royal Oak and Birmingham and illegally recorded voters inside polling stations.
—Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
Hue and an unnamed friend, who was not arrested, got into a confrontation with four UC Berkeley students in the 2400 block of Telegraph Avenue.
—Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
The cuts target sales and marketing roles in some divisions including consumer PC and gaming PC, Bloomberg reported, citing an unnamed person familiar with the matter.
—Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 13 Nov. 2024
According to the lawsuit, which lists six unnamed John Does as defendants, the group also drove to multiple polling locations in Royal Oak and Birmingham and illegally recorded voters inside polling stations.
—Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Unnamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unnamed. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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