: not having a name or identified by name : not named
a newly discovered and unnamed species
received their information from an unnamed informant
Examples of unnamed in a Sentence
used some unnamed procedure for testing the accuracy of the device the newspaper article quoted several unnamed sources
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The letter is the NBA investigator’s first public comment about the league’s probe, which was launched in September 2025 after podcaster Pablo Torre reported that Leonard’s sponsorship to circumvent the salary cap, citing internal documents and his interview with an unnamed Aspiration employee. —
Janis Carr, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026 Among those Page named in his lawsuit were former FBI Director James Comey, former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and ex-FBI officials Kevin Clinesmith, Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, along with a slew of unnamed FBI employees. —Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026 Netflix is in talks with Goldman Sachs to buy the Radford Studio Center, Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources, on Tuesday. —Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026 An unnamed Fermi tenant canceled a $150 million deal for the data center campus in December. —Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unnamed
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Janis Carr, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026 Among those Page named in his lawsuit were former FBI Director James Comey, former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and ex-FBI officials Kevin Clinesmith, Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, along with a slew of unnamed FBI employees. —Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026 Netflix is in talks with Goldman Sachs to buy the Radford Studio Center, Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources, on Tuesday. —Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026 An unnamed Fermi tenant canceled a $150 million deal for the data center campus in December. —Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unnamed
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“Unnamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/unnamed. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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