Meanings
- not comparableNot identified; having an unknown or unnamed identity.
The U.S. and Canada are investigating three unidentified flying objects shot down over North America in the past three days. Militaries have adjusted radars to try to spot more incursions.
2023 February 12, Julian E. Barnes, Helene Cooper, Edward Wong, “What’s Going On Up There? Theories but No Answers in Shootdowns of Mystery Craft.”, in The New York Times, →ISSNAntonyms: identified
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot identified; having an unknown or unnamed identity.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot yet identified
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishidentified
- Englishunidentified
From un- + identified.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish uidentificeret
- uidentificeretnot identified
Dutch ongeïdentificeerd
- ongeïdentificeerdnot identified
Esperanto neidentigita
- neidentigitanot identified
German nicht identifiziert, unbekannt
- nicht identifiziertnot identified
- unbekanntnot identified
- unidentifiziertnot identified
Hungarian azonosítatlan
- azonosítatlannot identified
Japanese 未確認の
- 未確認の (mikakunin no)not identified
Norwegian Bokmål uidentifisert
- uidentifisertnot identified
Polish niezidentyfikowany
- niezidentyfikowanynot identified
Russian неопо́знанный, неустано́вленный
- неопо́знанный (neopóznannyj)not identified
- неустано́вленный (neustanóvlennyj)not identified
- неотождествлённый (neotoždestvljónnyj)not identified
Swedish oidentifierad
- oidentifieradnot identified
Turkish kimliği belirsiz
- kimliği belirsiznot identified
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Cite this entry
unidentified. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unidentified
“unidentified.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unidentified. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unidentified,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unidentified.
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