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unadvertised

  • a word derived from advertise.
    advertise
    verb (used with object)
    to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it.

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Every year millions of dodgy apps and cheapo internet-connected devices ship with an unadvertised back door called residential proxy software.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

There is an unadvertised email address for press enquiries which BBC news has emailed but not yet received a response from.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2024

California restaurants finally have their answer: They, too, must comply with a new state law that bans unadvertised fees, surcharges and other costs tacked onto the end of the bill.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2024

Still another would incentivize the checks for unadvertised, private sales.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2024

Some years earlier the arrival of so distinguished a visitor unadvertised and unpressagented would have caused little more than a ripple, except perhaps among what Joan called the Intelligentzia.

From Why Joan? by Eleanor Mercein Kelly