unencrypted

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adjective

Of something that has been decrypted successfully, or of something that should have been encrypted, but was not.

OriginEnglish encrypted ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
UncommonScrabble 19
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Meanings

adjectiveunencrypted (not comparable)
  1. not comparablecomputingOf something that has been decrypted successfully, or of something that should have been encrypted, but was not.

    The hackers appeared to have used standard phishing and email attachments, some apparently directed at employees with high-level network access, to obtain unencrypted customer data that could complete a fullz.

    2015, Aaron Wheeler, Michael Winburn, Cloud Storage Security: A Practical Guide

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
plaintext

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishencrypted
  9. Englishunencrypted

From un- + encrypted.

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APA

unencrypted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unencrypted

MLA

“unencrypted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unencrypted. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unencrypted,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unencrypted.

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