unclassified

[uhn-klas-uh-fahyd] Origin

un·clas·si·fied

[uhn-klas-uh-fahyd]
adjective
1.
not assigned to a class or category; not arranged according to characteristics: Reported instances fall into two main types, with a few unclassified anomalies.
2.
(of data, documents, etc.) not belonging to a category that is restricted for reasons of security; not secret: unclassified plans; unclassified information.

Origin:
1860–65; un-1 + classified
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Unclassified is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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unclassified (ʌnˈklæsɪˌfaɪd)
 
adj
1.  not arranged in any specific order or grouping
2.  (of information) not possessing a security classification
3.  (of football results) not arranged in any special order or in divisions

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unclassified
1865, from un- (1) "not" + pp. of classify.
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