: not having a name or identified by name : not named
a newly discovered and unnamed species
received their information from an unnamed informant
Examples of unnamed in a Sentence
used some unnamed procedure for testing the accuracy of the device
the newspaper article quoted several unnamed sources
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Both the king and queen made friends with an unnamed lamb.
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Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
Tupac’s stepbrother, Maurice Shakur, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Duane Davis and unnamed defendants, claiming recent developments point to a broader conspiracy behind the rapper’s death.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
Bean said a family who lost their home to a fire stayed at the Brolin residence for a period of time, and an unnamed actor rented the house for the first three months of this year while shooting a movie.
—Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Aside from the second stanza, which is a brief dialogue between the eponymous victim and an unnamed adult, the first and then third through sixth stanzas feature fairly uniform line lengths that are broken in the middle of a sentence.
—Jonny Diamond, Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
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Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
Tupac’s stepbrother, Maurice Shakur, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Duane Davis and unnamed defendants, claiming recent developments point to a broader conspiracy behind the rapper’s death.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
Bean said a family who lost their home to a fire stayed at the Brolin residence for a period of time, and an unnamed actor rented the house for the first three months of this year while shooting a movie.
—Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Aside from the second stanza, which is a brief dialogue between the eponymous victim and an unnamed adult, the first and then third through sixth stanzas feature fairly uniform line lengths that are broken in the middle of a sentence.
—Jonny Diamond, Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unnamed
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“Unnamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unnamed. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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