unbranded

[ uhn-bran-did ]

adjective

1. not branded or marked to show ownership:

   an unbranded calf.

2. Commerce. carrying no brand or trademark of a manufacturer:

   unbranded canned foods.

Word History and Origins

Origin of unbranded¹

First recorded in 1635–45; un- ¹ + brand + -ed ², -ed ³

Example Sentences

Pinterest says 97% of searches on its platform are unbranded, an opportunity for brands and retailers of all sizes to have a more level playing field when vying for potential customers.

From Digiday

Users on tablets or smartphones were more likely than those on desktops to click on the first result for unbranded queries.

From Search Engine Land

The edge of the wave is probably Patagonia, which attracted good and bad attention with its 2011 “Don’t buy this jacket” ad, but it also includes NeedEssentials’ unbranded surfing basics and REI selling used gear on its website.

From Outside Online

Then there's a bunch of wild, unbranded yearlings, probably twenty or thirty, over on that pasture by the cliffs.

From Project Gutenberg

There are some unweaned calves, and a few unbranded yearlings that will just about pay the cost of their roundup.

From Project Gutenberg

You see, Mr. Harding, you are the first Englishman he ever encountered; fact is he is range bred, unbranded and wild.

From Project Gutenberg

Twenty head—among them one Bar Cross cow with an unbranded calf some eight or ten months old.

From Project Gutenberg

Only a month old and unbranded, of course, when your father and Warrigal managed to bone the old mare.

From Project Gutenberg