unlabeled

adjective

un·​la·​beled ˌən-ˈlā-bəld How to pronounce unlabeled (audio)
: having no label : not labeled
an unlabeled can

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Like the Game Boy, the Chromatic has only A and B face buttons and thin Start and Select buttons; the Pocket has four unlabeled face buttons and three system buttons. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 22 Aug. 2026 None were accurately labeled, 11 contained unlabeled cutting agents and all 27 contained reaction byproducts and heavy metals, including nickel, chromium, and mercury. — Jesse M. Pines, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 News articles from that year describe several steel, rusty drums of unlabeled hazardous waste and pesticides lying on their sides, abandoned or leaking in multiple pavilions around Epcot. — Wuft News, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026 In a neural network with hundreds of unlabeled knobs… what do any of them mean? — ArsTechnica, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for unlabeled

Word History

First Known Use

1762, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unlabeled was in 1762

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unlabeled

adjective
un·​la·​beled
variants or unlabelled
ˌən-ˈlā-bəld How to pronounce unlabeled (audio)
: not labeled especially with an isotopic label
unlabeled DNA
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