unidentified
adjective
un·iden·ti·fied
ˌən-ī-ˈden-tə-ˌfīd 
-ə-ˈden-
: not having a known or established identity : not identified
unidentified flying objects
an unidentified suspect
Examples of unidentified in a Sentence
an unidentified worker reported the security breach
some unidentified person helped them and then left quietly
Recent Examples on the Web
Four space station fliers have been told to cut their mission short and return to Earth ahead of schedule because of an apparently serious medical issue affecting an unidentified crew member, NASA announced Thursday.
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William Harwood, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
State and local officials demanded that the immigration agents leave Minnesota after the unidentified Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot 37-year-old mother of three Renee Good in the head on Wednesday.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 8 Jan. 2026
The unidentified victim, a man police believe to be in his mid-40s, fell from the northbound R-train platform at the Northern Blvd.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
Good was shot while in her Honda SUV by an unidentified Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent on Wednesday in a residential neighborhood south of downtown Minneapolis.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Unidentified.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unidentified. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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