unnamed

[ uhn-neymd ]

adjective

1. without a name; nameless.
2. not indicated or mentioned by name; unidentified:

   an unnamed lover.

unnamed

/ ʌnˈneɪmd /

adjective

1. having no name
2. not mentioned by name

   the culprit shall remain unnamed

Word History and Origins

Origin of unnamed¹

1400–50; un- ¹ + name ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

"It was an electric night," said Andres White Correal, a jewellery specialist from Sotheby's, adding the unnamed female buyer was "ecstatic".

From BBC

The next month, as the Center for Media and Democracy reports, when committee co-chair Liz Cheney announced that Trump had attempted to contact an unnamed witness who was set to testify, Budowich shot back by tweet: “The media has become pawns of the Unselect Committee. Liz Cheney continues to traffic in innuendos and lies that go unchallenged, unconfirmed, but repeated as fact because the narrative is more important than the truth.”

From Salon

The New York Times, which quotes both US and Ukrainian unnamed officials, puts the number of Russian and North Korean troops being readied for the reported counter-offensive in Kursk at 50,000.

From BBC

The unnamed owner of the parking lot from where the trucks came told one newspaper they had not hit the family house.

From BBC

“We ran the best campaign we could, considering Joe Biden was president,” said one unnamed aide.

From BBC

Related Words

• anonymous
• nameless
• unidentified
• unknown
• unsigned
• unspecified