unclassified
[uhn-klas-uh-fahyd]
- not assigned to a class or category; not arranged according to characteristics: Reported instances fall into two main types, with a few unclassified anomalies.
- (of data, documents, etc.) not belonging to a category that is restricted for reasons of security; not secret: unclassified plans; unclassified information.
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Origin of unclassified
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Examples from the Web for unclassified
Contemporary Examples
He said that the lab had declared another article was unclassified that DOE said was classified, after its publication.
In the unclassified version, the Central Intelligence Agency, as such, is not mentioned a single time.
An unclassified briefing document provides new clues, writes Eli Lake.
Historical Examples
The service is divided into “classified” and “unclassified.”
The Philippine IslandsJohn Foreman
Yet the unclassified may flourish, and does, when its merit is beyond dispute.
When Winter Comes to Main StreetGrant Martin Overton
But he got all he wanted of the unclassified and unknown before long.
The Grain ShipMorgan Robertson
Otherwise she was an emotional, irrational, unclassified creature.
Facts And Fictions Of LifeHelen H. Gardener
They are "nondescripts," which means "undescribed" or "unclassified."
unclassified
- not arranged in any specific order or grouping
- (of information) not possessing a security classification
- (of football results) not arranged in any special order or in divisions
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Word Origin and History for unclassified
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