unmarked

«unmarked» in Mova's school dictionary: having no sign, label or name on it — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (unmarked)

meaning for a pupil

1) Unmarked means having no sign, label or name on it. tree →

2) Unmarked work has not yet been checked and scored by a teacher. tree →

3) Unmarked means without scratches, stains or damage. tree →

4) (sport) An unmarked player has no one from the other team guarding them. tree →

sense 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 →
• The road was unmarked, so we nearly missed the turning. tree →
• The teacher still has a pile of unmarked tests. tree →
• The table came out of the move unmarked. tree →
• The striker was unmarked and scored easily. tree →
• The soldier was buried in an unmarked grave. tree →
• Leave the unmarked boxes by the door. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «unmarked» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.