unclassified

[ uhn-klas-uh-fahyd ]

/ ʌnˈklæs əˌfaɪd /

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adjective

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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to remove or destroy all traces of.

to change (letters, words, etc.), into corresponding characters of another alphabet or language.

to explain in terms that can be more easily understood.

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Origin of unclassified

First recorded in 1860–65; un-¹ + classified

Words nearby unclassified

unclad, unclaimed, unclamp, unclasp, unclassical, unclassified, unclassy, uncle, uncle remus, uncle sam, uncle tom

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Example sentences from the Web for unclassified

He said that the lab had declared another article was unclassified that DOE said was classified, after its publication.
Fired From Los Alamos for Pushing Obama's Nuclear Agenda|Center for Public Integrity|July 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the unclassified version, the Central Intelligence Agency, as such, is not mentioned a single time.
Truth, Justice and Benghazi|Christopher Dickey|May 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
An unclassified briefing document provides new clues, writes Eli Lake.
The Intel Behind Obama’s Libya Line|Eli Lake|October 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But he got all he wanted of the unclassified and unknown before long.
The Grain Ship|Morgan Robertson

An accident, unclassified otherwise, almost implies a vehicle, among this class of Londoners.
It Never Can Happen Again|William De Morgan
If his camp grows into a house frequented by sportsmen, there will be a duffel room to contain all manner of unclassified things.
Duffels|Edward Eggleston
Out of sorts means mixed, unclassified, unassorted, having one's functions disordered.
Who Goes There?|Blackwood Ketcham Benson
It was a language more like the unclassified Caucasic language groups than any others that now exist.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind|Herbert George Wells

British Dictionary definitions for unclassified

unclassified

/ (ʌnˈklæsɪˌfaɪd) /

adjective

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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unclassified

adjective

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adjective