UNIDENTIFIED


Meaning of UNIDENTIFIED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʌnaɪdentɪfaɪd ]

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

If you describe someone or something as unidentified , you mean that nobody knows who or what they are.

He was shot this morning by unidentified intruders at his house.

...unidentified cancer-causing substances in the environment.

= unknown

ADJ : usu ADJ n

2.

If you use unidentified to describe people, groups, and organizations, you do not want to give their names. ( JOURNALISM )

...his claims, which were based on the comments of anonymous and unidentified sources.

= unnamed

ADJ : usu ADJ n

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