unsigned
- adjective
- /ʌnˈsaɪnd/
- Hefferman thought about it and thought about it, and then one day sent him an unsigned postcard.
- an unsigned letter
- unsigned checks
- an unsigned review
Examples
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But our only proof is an unsigned letter.
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Thus, once the Arabs rejected it, the measure had no more validity than any other unsigned deal.
Academic text (2010) -
Some girls write unsigned notes and drop them through the window to the other side.
Fiction book (1996) -
"You can expect no help from this side of the river," began the unsigned message, which is in a museum collection.
Academic text (2011) -
If you can find an unsigned one, it's worth an absolute fortune.
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De Sole is the only person who saw the unsigned certificates.
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He'd left no name, no address, only a note, one word, unsigned: "Regrets."
Fiction book (1991) -
That letter's unsigned.
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In scrawled pencil marks, the unsigned note read: Dawson -- this could happen to all your stock.
Fiction book (1992) -
The artist sold an unsigned painting that later became very valuable.
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unsigned combines the prefix un- ('not') with sign ('mark' or 'signature'), the same root you see in signature. So something unsigned is 'not signed' or 'not marked' by a person, which is why an unsigned letter or contract has no name to show who made it.