unsigned

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adjective

Not accepting negative numbers; having only a positive value (or zero).

“The bank rejected the unsigned check.”

Opposite
signed
OriginEnglish signed ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
CommonScrabble 10
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Meanings

adjectiveunsigned (not comparable)
  1. not comparablecomputingNot accepting negative numbers; having only a positive value (or zero).

    We use an unsigned variable to store the employee's salary, since it will never be less than zero.

  2. not comparableLacking a signature, unendorsed.

    The bank rejected the unsigned check.

  3. not comparableNot signed to an organization such as a sports club or record label.

    The unsigned player also had the option of sitting out a year and negotiating as a free agent.

    2008, Jonathan Rand, The Year That Changed the Game
noununsigned (plural unsigneds)

plural unsigneds

  1. computingA numeric value or variable that has no sign and can only be positive.

    For compilers which produce two-byte unsigneds, the maximum cumulative frequency is 16,383 if we wish to avoid the use of long arithmetic.

    1999, Steve Heller, Optimizing C++, page 107

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
signed

adjectivelacking a signature

Opposite
signed

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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. Englishsigned
  9. Englishunsigned

From un- + signed.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian неподписан
  • неподписан (nepodpisan)lacking a signature, unendorsed
Chinese Mandarin 無符號 /无符号, 非帶號 /非带号
  • 無符號 /无符号 (wú fúhào)not accepting negative numbers; having only a positive value
  • 非帶號 /非带号 (fēidàihào)not accepting negative numbers; having only a positive value
Czech nepodepsaný
  • nepodepsanýlacking a signature, unendorsed
Danish usigneret
  • usigneretlacking a signature, unendorsed
Finnish etumerkitön, allekirjoittamaton
  • etumerkitönnot accepting negative numbers; having only a positive value
  • allekirjoittamatonlacking a signature, unendorsed
French non-signé
  • non-signénot accepting negative numbers; having only a positive value
Greek ανυπόγραφος
  • ανυπόγραφος (anypógrafos)lacking a signature, unendorsed
Italian senza segno
  • senza segnonot accepting negative numbers; having only a positive value
Japanese 符号無し
  • 符号無し (fugō-nashi)not accepting negative numbers; having only a positive value
Norwegian Bokmål usignert
  • usignertlacking a signature, unendorsed
Polish bez znaku, niepodpisany
  • bez znakunot accepting negative numbers; having only a positive value
  • niepodpisanylacking a signature, unendorsed
Portuguese sem sinal
  • sem sinalnot accepting negative numbers; having only a positive value
Russian беззна́ковый, неподпи́санный
  • беззна́ковый (bezznákovyj)not accepting negative numbers; having only a positive value
  • неподпи́санный (nepodpísannyj)lacking a signature, unendorsed
Turkish imzasız
  • imzasızlacking a signature, unendorsed

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Duensingundesignunsinged
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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