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un·named
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ʌnˈneɪmd
/
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[
uhn-
neymd
]
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adjective
1.
without a
name
; nameless.
2.
not indicated or mentioned by name; unidentified:
an unnamed lover.
Origin:
1500–10;
un-
1
+
named
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unnamed
(ʌnˈneɪmd)
—
adj
1.
having no name
2.
not mentioned by name:
the culprit shall remain unnamed
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
unnamed
1509, "not mentioned by name." from
un-
(1) "not" + pp. of
name
(v.). Cf. O.Fris. unnamed, M.Du. ongenaemt.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Thousands of bright blue lakes--mostly
unnamed
--lie everywhere.
The couple the letter was addressed to wasn't related to the seller,
apparently, and the seller was also
unnamed
.
Perhaps it was some other creature, a beast
unnamed
and unknown.
The trip also features a climb up an
unnamed
peak or two.
They had previously declared that they couldn't provide any of the data because of unspecified agreements with
unnamed
countries.
After fifteen years without contact she came upon his autobiography, which he'd addressed to an
unnamed
monk.
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part of the region where the maps continue to change.
At university, the
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narrator and his friend are fascinated by a mysterious new member of their poetry workshop.
But at
unnamed
spots in the ocean, there are huge waves that can't be so easily caught.
Certain scientists who shall remain
unnamed
have put all the blame on the public.
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