UNSPECIFIED Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words

unspecified

adjective

ˌən-ˈspe-sə-ˌfīd

Definition of unspecified

as in one

known but not named some unspecified person is expected to replace him temporarily as director of operations until a permanent director can be found

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Recent Examples of unspecified There was also a bottle of whiskey, six bottles of Coca-Cola and smelling salts of an unspecified quantity. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2026 The South Korean announcement came days after its President Lee Jae Myung threatened to take unspecified punitive steps if Ukraine refuses to apologize over the revelation. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026 Last week, an employee who worked at a Russian anti-plague institute died, possibly from an unspecified form of plague. — Renée Onque, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026 After Verity is left catatonic from an initially unspecified accident, a far less successful writer named Lowen Ashleigh (Dakota Johnson) is hired to finish Verity’s book series. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unspecified

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Drinkwater didn't make one appearance in a Chelsea shirt last season, whilst Bakayoko spent the season in Italy on loan at AC Milan.

— SI.com, SI.com, 3 Aug. 2019
Decisions made by engineers today, in other words, will determine not how one car drives but how all cars drive.

— Johannes Himmelreich, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2018

Definition of one

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Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz praised the rapid response of both citizens and staff, while highlighting an unnamed teacher who confronted the gunman directly by throwing a cellphone and tackling him.

— Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Queries were also submitted to an unnamed AI chatbot account associated with Alfozan’s wife, requesting information on how to capture audio, use passive scanning in live listening and encrypt an SD card, among other prompts, the complaint said.

— Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of unnamed

Adjective

Los Angeles officials began discussing a ban after the city of Rialto became the first to restrict certain sales of nitrous oxide in 2017.

— Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Washington’s export bans restrict their access to the best AI chips, like certain models from Nvidia and AMD, while Beijing has restricted imports of some less powerful options.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of certain

Adjective

The strikes continued into the week, with UKMTO issuing fresh warnings Monday that a crude oil tanker and a product tanker had been struck by unidentified projectiles while transiting the strait.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Dozens of unidentified migrants who died during the crossings were buried there.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026

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