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untagged

untagged

1 4.2
Without a label or identifying mark attached
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈtæɡd/
translation icon : sin etiqueta
  • During each inventory, all previously untagged stems 100 cm and taller were tagged and measured.

Examples

  • The triangle tries to help the fugitive stay untagged by moving around and blocking the chaser.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Joyce then discarded untagged ribozymes and reverse transcribed the RNAs to DNA.

    Academic text (1993)

  • This algorithm allows a sustained, untagged throughput rate of c/alpha octets per unit, and a burstiness that is controllable (for a given value of c and alpha) through selection of the value of M.

    Academic text (2000)

  • As with traditional Christmas gift-giving, wrapping presents helps to "singularize" commodities (Kopytoff 73-74), but the untagged gifts render the giver anonymous.

    Academic text (2013)

  • The dog was caught running in the park, and the owner was fined for having an untagged pet.

  • During the event, many untagged items were left behind, making it difficult to return them to their owners.

  • The researchers focused on untagged wildlife to study their behaviors in their natural habitat.

Synonyms

unmarked
vsuntagged
43 4.3

Having no mark or label to show who it belongs to

focuses specifically on absence of a label or tag
unlabeled
vsuntagged
  • US
1 4.4

Not having a label or tag

is the same idea described without extra nuance
unannotated
vsuntagged
1 6.8

A text or file that has no notes explaining it

refers to absence of a physical label or tag rather than missing notes
uncategorized
vsuntagged
  • US
7.2

Not put into any group or folder

means missing a label or tag, not lacking category assignment

Antonyms

tagged
1 2.1

Marked with a label showing a name or number

How Informative

information
∞ 1.0
name tag
41 1.6
tag
180 1.0
price tag
75 1.0
untagged
1 4.2

Surface Forms

untagged positive

Morphology

untagged = tagged (transparent) = un + tag + ed

Formed by adding the negative prefix 'un-' to 'tagged' (itself a regular past-participle/adjective from 'tag'); the step is a straightforward negation.

Etymology

The word untagged is made from un- meaning 'not' and tag, a small label like a price or name tag. So imagine something with no tag on it — no name or label — and you have untagged, meaning 'not having a label' or not identified.