Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not named; not having received a name; hence, not known by name; anonymous.
- Not named; not mentioned.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not having a
name .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being or having an unknown or unnamed source
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Examples
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If some choose to remain "unnamed", they have excellent reasons.
An Historic Tidbit 2007
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Responsibility for the crisis was diffused; there was a passing reference to "greed and irresponsibility on the part of some" (who remain unnamed), but the emphasis was put on "our collective inability to make hard choices."
Jerome Karabel: The Democratic Debacle of 2010: A Premature Postmortem Jerome Karabel 2010
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This collection of ten linked short stories deals with characters who are displaced – geographically, psychologically, linguistically – in unnamed but slightly exotic lands.
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This collection of ten linked short stories deals with characters who are displaced – geographically, psychologically, linguistically – in unnamed but slightly exotic lands.
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Annie Evett By the time most of you are reading this, Annie will be with another writer – who shall remain unnamed, in a Twilight Movie Marathon.
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Responsibility for the crisis was diffused; there was a passing reference to "greed and irresponsibility on the part of some" (who remain unnamed), but the emphasis was put on "our collective inability to make hard choices."
Jerome Karabel: The Democratic Debacle of 2010: A Premature Postmortem Jerome Karabel 2010
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Responsibility for the crisis was diffused; there was a passing reference to "greed and irresponsibility on the part of some" (who remain unnamed), but the emphasis was put on "our collective inability to make hard choices."
Jerome Karabel: The Democratic Debacle of 2010: A Premature Postmortem Jerome Karabel 2010
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Since he is already a fan of that other Chicago team which shall remain unnamed, it should be easy for him.
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Responsibility for the crisis was diffused; there was a passing reference to "greed and irresponsibility on the part of some" (who remain unnamed), but the emphasis was put on "our collective inability to make hard choices."
Jerome Karabel: The Democratic Debacle of 2010: A Premature Postmortem Jerome Karabel 2010
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My dad, the son of a Zeelander, told me of times when he and a few like-minded Young (Dutch) Turks would skate, of a Saturday, out from Sheboygan to Plymouth, by way of the river, there to partake in unnamed revelries and would then skate back in the moonlight.
john tagliabue | nieuwerkerk aan den ijssel « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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