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# 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 →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmarked/#m2)

3) Unmarked means without scratches, stains or damage. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmarked/#m4)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unmarked» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmarked/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.