unidentified

adjective/ˌʌnaɪˈdɛntɪfaɪd/

Frequency rank: #6,788 most common English word

Meaning

Not recognized or known; whose name or nature is not known.

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Example sentence

The police investigated the strange noise coming from the abandoned building, but the source remained unidentified.

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