unidentified

/ ˌʌnaɪˈdɛntɪˌfaɪd /

adjective

1. not identified or recognized

   an unidentified man

Other Word Forms

• unidentifiable adjective

Example Sentences

One of the photos he took captures firefighters speaking with an unidentified woman that plaintiff attorneys believe works for the state’s Wildfire and Forest Resilience Program.

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Whether or not the unidentified whistle blower has an ax to grind is unknown to me, but plainly the email is not a list of wild accusations hurled by an unreliable gadfly.

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Raising Cane’s managers make the sauce from unidentified ingredients that are shipped to their locations in bags of unknown quantities.

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It said had received credible reports that "unidentified hackers" had penetrated the Somali government's e-visa platform, potentially compromising data from at least 35,000 people.

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An unidentified gunman killed his youngest brother on Thursday afternoon.

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Related Words

• anonymous 
• mysterious 
• nameless 
• unknown 
• unnamed