Unsigned Meaning
/əˈnsaɪnd/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjNot accepting negative numbers; having only a positive value (or zero).
adjLacking a signature, unendorsed.
Sentence Examples
"How do you install unsigned apps?" is a very frequently asked question.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The legal contract remained ____ because neither party had applied their signature yet.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The document was ____, so it was not legally binding until both parties had added their final signatures today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English signed English unsigned From un- + signed.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The legal contract remained ____ because neither party had applied their signature yet.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The document was ____, so it was not legally binding until both parties had added their final signatures today.