Dictionary

unnamed en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• ŭn'nāmdʹ
• (US) audio
• /ˌʌnˈneɪmd/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English named English unnamed From un- + named.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Not having a name.
   • an unnamed military project
2. (not-comparable) Not named or specified.
   • an unnamed day in the future
   • In a draft of their paper, the unnamed researchers describe how they not only used AI to generate responses, but attempted to personalize its replies based on information gleaned from the original poster’s prior Reddit history. 2025 April 28, Karissa Bell, “Researchers secretly experimented on Reddit users with AI-generated comments”, in Engadget, archived from the original on 12 Jul 2025:
   • The unnamed driver appeared before the South East Traffic Commissioner in late November, to receive a six-month HGV driving ban. It followed an earlier court appearance when he was fined a means-tested £715 and given six points on his driving licence for driving without due care and attention. 2022 December 14, “Network News: HGV driver banned after Coulsdon bridge bash”, in RAIL, number 972, page 7:
   • From their borrowed perch on the 38th floor of an unnamed but identifiable Minneapolis skyscraper, the Itasca Project’s goal is to shape regional economic policy through direct collective influence on lawmakers. 2016 January 17, Malcolm Harris, “Wealthy cabals run America”, in Al Jazeera America, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2017, retrieved 18 Jan 2016:

Antonyms

named

Deriveds

unnamedness

Relateds

unname · unnameable

Synonyms

unidentified · innominate · unspecified · nameless · anonymous · unknown

Translations (36)

ru без и́мени (having no name) · eo sennoma (having no name) · hi अनाम (having no name) · ka სახელდაურქმეველი (having no name) · ja 無名 (having no name) · ka უსახელო (having no name) · se namaheapme (having no name) · pl bezimienny (having no name) · ru неимено́ванный (having no name) · ru безымя́нный (having no name) · gl innominado (having no name) · de ungenannt (having no name) · cmn 無名 /无名 (having no name) · it innominato (having no name) · sh bezimen (having no name) · bg бези́менен (having no name) · cmn 未命名 (having no name) · fr innomé (having no name) · bg бези́мен (having no name) · hi अनामक (having no name) · ru неупомя́нутый (having no name) · ka სახელშეურქმეველი (having no name) · nl naamloos (having no name) · pt sem nome (having no name) · pt inominado (having no name) · fi nimetön (having no name) · es innominado (having no name) · cs nepojmenovaný (having no name) · pl nienazwany (having no name) · fr sans nom (having no name) · ca innominat (having no name) · de namenlos (having no name) · tr adsız (having no name) · ru нена́званный (having no name) · oc innominat (having no name) · tr isimsiz (having no name)