unmarked

[ uhn-mahrkt ]

adjective

1. not marked.
2. Linguistics.
   1. characterized by the absence of a distinctive phonological feature, as (p), which, in contrast to (b), lacks the distinctive feature of voicing.
   2. characterized by the absence of a grammatical marker, as the singular in English in contrast to the plural, which is typically marked marked mark by an -s ending.
   3. neutral with regard to an element of meaning specified by a semantically related item.
   4. occurring more typically than an alternative form. Compare marked ( def 4 ).

unmarked

/ ʌnˈmɑːkt /

adjective

1. not carrying a mark or marks

   an unmarked police car

2. not noticed or observed

Word History and Origins

Origin of unmarked¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; un- ¹, marked

Example Sentences

Two Metropolitan Police officers are under criminal investigation after a pregnant woman and her baby died in a collision with an unmarked police car in south-east London.

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For decades, it lay in an unmarked grave in the UN cemetery in Busan, on Korea’s south coast, adorned with the plaque ‘Member of the British Army, known unto God’.

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Two officers who were in the unmarked car were also taken to hospital following the collision, and have since been discharged.

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An investigation in 2010 found 31 unmarked graves of pupils whose deaths had not been recorded, and many more have been discovered by other investigations in the years since.

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The court heard that officers in an unmarked parked police vehicle spotted the Audi Q in Camberwell, south London, and began following it.

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