adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌʌnaɪˈdɛntɪfaɪd/
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CMU ARPABET:AH2 N AY0 D EH1 N T AH0 F AY2 D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Not identified; having an unknown or unnamed identity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: identified
2
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
being or having an unknown or unnamed source
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a poem by an unknown author
corporations responsible to nameless owners
an unnamed donor
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nameless, unknown, unnamed
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
not yet identified
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
an unidentified species
an unidentified witness
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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 identified English unidentified From un- + identified.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Danish:
uidentificeret
— not identified
Dutch:
ongeïdentificeerd
— not identified
Esperanto:
neidentigita
— not identified
German:
nicht identifiziert
— not identified
German:
unbekannt
— not identified
German:
unidentifiziert
— not identified
Hungarian:
azonosítatlan
— not identified
Japanese:
未確認の
(mikakunin no)
— not identified
Macedonian:
неидентификуван
(neidentifikuvan)
— not identified
Norwegian Bokmål:
uidentifisert
— not identified
Norwegian Nynorsk:
uidentifisert
— not identified
Russian:
неопо́знанный
(neopóznannyj)
— not identified
Russian:
неустано́вленный
(neustanóvlennyj)
— not identified
Russian:
неотождествлённый
(neotoždestvljónnyj)
— not identified
Sanskrit:
अज्ञात
(ajñāta)
— not identified
Swedish:
oidentifierad
— not identified
Turkish:
kimliği belirsiz
— not identified
Ottoman Turkish:
بللیسز
(bellisiz)
— not identified