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# unmarked

adjective (unmarked)

«unmarked» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Unmarked means having no sign, label or name on it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmarked/#m1)
2. Unmarked work has not yet been checked and scored by a teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmarked/#m2)
3. Unmarked means without scratches, stains or damage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmarked/#m3)
4. (sport) An unmarked player has no one from the other team guarding them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmarked/#m4)

### In the lessons

Used about police cars, graves, roads, homework and sport: «an unmarked police car», «an unmarked grave», «left unmarked», «a player unmarked in the box».

### Examples

- The police arrived in an unmarked car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmarked/#x1)
- The road was unmarked, so we nearly missed the turning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmarked/#x2)
- The teacher still has a pile of unmarked tests. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmarked/#x3)
- The table came out of the move unmarked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmarked/#x4)
- The striker was unmarked and scored easily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmarked/#x5)
- The soldier was buried in an unmarked grave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmarked/#x6)
- Leave the unmarked boxes by the door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmarked/#x7)

### Note

Adjective from «mark». In schools in the UK, «marking» means checking and scoring work; in the US people say «grading», so unmarked work is «ungraded». An unmarked grave is a respectful but sad phrase: nobody put a name on it.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unmarked» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmarked/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unmarked» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unmarked.html) on Mova free.