unidentified

unidentified
[[t]ʌ̱naɪde̱ntɪfaɪd[/t]]
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1) ADJ: usu ADJ n If you describe someone or something as unidentified, you mean that nobody knows who or what they are.

He was shot this morning by unidentified intruders at his house.

...unidentified cancer-causing substances in the environment.

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2) ADJ: usu ADJ n If you use unidentified to describe people, groups, and organizations, you do not want to give their names. [JOURNALISM]

...his claims, which were based on the comments of anonymous and unidentified sources.

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  • unidentified — index anonymous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • unidentified — 1860, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + pp. of IDENTIFY (Cf. identify) …   Etymology dictionary

  • unidentified — [adj] secret anonymous, mysterious, nameless, not known, pseudonymous, unclassified, unfamiliar, unknown, unmarked, unnamed, unrecognized, unrevealed; concept 576 Ant. identified, known, public …   New thesaurus

  • unidentified — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not recognized or identified …   English terms dictionary

  • unidentified — [spelling only] …   English World dictionary

  • Unidentified — Infobox Film name = Unidentified image size = caption = director = Rich Christiano producer = Rich ChristianoAlvin Mount writer = Rich Christiano narrator = starring = Jonathan AubeJosh AdamsonMichael Blain RozgayJenna Bailey music =… …   Wikipedia

  • unidentified — un|i|den|ti|fied [ˌʌnaıˈdentıfaıd] adj an unidentified person or thing is one that you do not know the name of ▪ An unidentified man was spotted near the scene of the crime …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • unidentified — un|i|den|ti|fied [ ,ʌnaı dentıfaıd ] adjective not recognized or known: an unidentified gunman/person/body a. deliberately not named: an unidentified official/source/spokesman …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • unidentified — adjective an unidentified person or thing is one that you do not recognize, do not know the name of etc: An unidentified man was spotted near the scene of the crime …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • unidentified — UK [ˌʌnaɪˈdentɪˌfaɪd] / US [ˌʌnaɪˈdentɪfaɪd] adjective a) not recognized or known an unidentified gunman/person/body b) deliberately not named an unidentified official/source/spokesman …   English dictionary

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