Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not bearing an identifying mark.
- adjective Not observed or noticed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not marked; having no mark: as, the unmarked (south-pointing) pole of a magnet.
- Unobserved; not regarded; undistinguished; not noted.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective not
bearing identification - adjective
free fromblemishes - adjective not
noticed - adjective sports not
marked , not closely followed by a defender
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not taken into account
- adjective not having an identifying mark
Etymologies
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Examples
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His sons died prematurely and are buried in unmarked Sonoma County graves.
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Their captors would have killed the Ameri-cans when they tired of them, Cayton said, leaving their bodies in unmarked jungle graves except for a fortuitous break.
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This was a blind test, with two groups of tasters sampling beer in unmarked cups.
Taste Test: Pumpkin beers Fritz Hahn 2010
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Not that other DC agencies, the courts, or police are much better — ped rights in unmarked crosswalks are ignored on all sides, there are few (if any) arrests for failure to stop and give right of way, no matter how aggressive the drivers involved have been.
Matthew Yglesias » DDOT Decides That Speedy Cars are More Important than Pedestrian Safety 2009
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They organized private meetings, clandestine flights and ferried documents in unmarked three-ring binders.
A Quiet Obama Puppeteer - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Police officers could be seen sitting in unmarked cars, blocking off the residential street, where a growing crowd of observers gathered in front and across the street from the blue house with green columns, straining to get a glimpse of what was happening.
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Not talking about things is a privilege granted to those in unmarked categories.
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A 17 year old grocery bagger, Moisei Baraniuc, a Ukrainian immigrant, found $10,000 in unmarked cash in the bathroom of the grocery store where he works.
Interesting Articles 2008
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Not talking about things is a privilege granted to those in unmarked categories.
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They organized private meetings, clandestine flights and ferried documents in unmarked three-ring binders.
A Quiet Obama Puppeteer - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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