(a.) Nameless; of unknown name; also, of unknown or unavowed authorship; as, an anonymous benefactor; an anonymous pamphlet or letter.
Example Sentences:
(1) "I don't want to go to Zurich, to some anonymous facility; I would want to do it in my own bed.
(2) Her success has not been universally welcomed - anonymous colleagues are occasionally quoted in the media portraying her as "ambitious" and "bossy".
(3) "Everyone has been blasted by anonymous figures who crushed the economy.
(4) Paradigm relies heavily on social science research and analysis to help companies identify and address the specific barriers and unconscious biases that might be affecting their diversity efforts: things like anonymizing resumes so that employers can’t tell a candidate’s gender or ethnicity, or modifying a salary negotiation process that places women and minorities at a disadvantage.
(5) Now US officials, who have spoken to Reuters on condition of anonymity, say the roundabout way the commission's emails were obtained strongly suggests the intrusion originated in China , possibly by amateurs, and not from India's spy service.
(6) #WhitePrideWorldWide.” Anonymous replied in true vigilante style on Sunday, by taking control of the KKK Twitter account and replacing the logo with its own.
(7) An anonymous survey was conducted in order to examine compliance with universal precautions in the Department of Pediatrics at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois.
(8) An anonymous source, “John Doe”, gave the archive to the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung .
(9) A randomly selected group of 224 women with breast cancer responded to an anonymous survey that addressed the presence of menopause, antecedent therapies, symptoms related to estrogen deficiency, concerns about osteoporosis or heart disease, attitude about ERT, and perception about ERT-related cancer risk.
(10) But in several calls with reporters, a senior Apple executive agreed to offer some response on the condition of anonymity and that reporters not quote the executive’s exact words.
(11) Better to be transparent and have the full context ... but would have been safer for us to publish it anonymously sourced.
(12) A Tamil asylum seeker, speaking on condition on anonymity, fears being re-detained or deported: We are scared to go and meet the government.
(13) Kindness, as far as its ordinary meaning is concerned, is free and anonymous.
(14) The addiction anonymous model asks people to accept that they can't have one drink, because they don't have the willpower to resist a second.
(15) "Users clearly want the option of being anonymous online and increasingly worry that this is not possible," said Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Research Center's Internet Project.
(16) The so called "Jeff Aynes," risking his anonymity in the Witness Protection Program gets on the free throw line, on national television, and hits one of two.
(17) Some of his proudest work was the assistance rendered by Anonymous to citizens in North Africa during the first months of the Arab Spring.
(18) He admitted, however, that he had not been able to find any record of this incident on the police computer and Mr Justice Riddle said that the evidence was "third-hand, anonymous hearsay".
(19) We’ve not even begun to discuss the ethical dimensions surrounding commercial surrogacy and anonymous donor conception, both of which are needed to deliver ‘marriage equality’.” Asylum seekers and human rights Paul Power, chief executive of the refugee council of Australia, said no government had disregarded public opinion more on the issue of refugees and asylum seekers than Abbott’s.
(20) Previously, however, lawyers for ZAM had successfully claimed anonymity for their client on the more limited grounds that it would be unfair for him and his family to suffer speculation about the circumstances that had led them to make use of the powers of the high court.
Unnamed
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Australia listened in on the communications of an unnamed American law firm which was representing Indonesia in the discussions and passed the information to the National Security Agency, according to a document obtained by the New York Times .
(2) Two previously unnamed recesses within the serous pericardium are defined and named, one the inferior aortic recess of the transverse sinus and the other, the right pulmonic recess of the transverse sinus.
(3) May delivered an unexpected broadside against the EU on Wednesday afternoon, claiming the European commission and unnamed officials had been trying through various means to meddle in the UK election campaign.
(4) There was no immediate response from the Sterlings to the latest twist in the saga but an unnamed ally told the LA Times the claims were a “smear”.
(5) In evidence, some unnamed Icebreaker partners had earlier told Bishopp they had a genuine interest in the exploitation of rights, that they took an active role in the partnerships, and that they were aiming to make a profit from these ventures.
(6) Boris Nemtsov ally: Islamist speculation over murder ‘useful for Kremlin’ Read more The Rosbalt news agency later reported that Dadayev had told investigators he killed Nemtsov because of the politician’s allegedly negative statements about Islam, quoting unnamed law enforcement sources.
(7) Set in an unnamed city amid a modern military conflict, it gives the player control over a group of civilians as they attempt to survive from one day to the next.
(8) New names were introduced for vessels hitherto unnamed, and some traditional names were modified in order to give a more precise and descriptive terminology.
(9) The unnamed highest paid director at Northern & Shell received £1.1m, an 81% increase on the £611,000 he received in 2010.
(10) Citing unnamed Guantánamo medical staff, the government lawyers said weight loss was one factor among several determining the necessity of the feeding, although it was the most detailed of the government’s public criteria.
(11) West Ham United Accounts of WH Holding Ltd for the year to 31 May 2015 • Ownership David Sullivan 51.1%; David Gold 35.1%; CB Holding ehf 10% • Turnover 9th highest in League £121m , up from £115m in 2014 • Income Match income and football related £20m; Commercial £15m; Premier League & broadcasting £79m; Retail & merchandising £7m • Wage bill Joint 12th highest in League £73m , up from £64m in 2014 • Wages as proportion of turnover 60% • Profit before tax £3m , following £10m profit in 2014 • Net debt £67m • Interest payable £6m • Highest-paid director Unnamed, £646,000 (Karren Brady is the executive vice-chairman) State they are in: The figures for West Ham’s occupation of the £701m, 60,000-seat Olympic stadium , disclosed after dogged persistence by Freedom of Information campaigners supporting other clubs, have confirmed it as the greatest public money bonanza ever bestowed on a football club.
(12) I grab him and the camera, and drag him into a doorway.” However, during a discussion with Hamptons TV in 2009 , he said that an unnamed soundman had tried to grab the camera after O’Reilly had removed the tape from the device and escaped with the footage and the cameraman.
(13) The as-yet unnamed system uses a series of steps to filter the water, ultimately eliminating the need for plants altogether.
(14) 7.09pm: On his blog, Newsnight's Michael Crick quotes an unnamed Liberal Democrat MP who told him he was amazed how much the Tories were willing to compromise.
(15) I was never warned by a ‘senior [unnamed] official’ that ‘you can’t say those things in our country’,” she said.
(16) So far two unnamed Canadian businessmen have pledged a possible £10m, but there are no other firm offers as yet.
(17) And in March the Washington Post quoted an unnamed US military official who said he had personally threatened Ahmed Wali with entering his name on a Nato list of suspects who can be legally captured or killed.
(18) Mysteries remain, however: the people involved in infidelities are still unnamed and the writers have not yet revealed the identity of their 'deep throat'.
(19) HMRC sources said that the decision by unnamed officials not to pursue the bank was based on an “interpretation” of the double taxation treaty between the UK and France.
(20) In A. similis, A. crenaticeps and the unnamed species, "Species-1", there are distinct proximal segments of heterochromatin in the eight large autosomes.