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# unsigned

«unsigned» in Mova's school dictionary: **Not signed; with no name written on it: «an unsigned letter»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (unsigned)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Not signed; with no name written on it: «an unsigned letter». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsigned/#m1)

2) (music, sport) Not having a contract with a record company or a team: «an unsigned band». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsigned/#m2)

3) (maths, computing) An unsigned number has no plus or minus sign and is never negative. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsigned/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, an unsigned letter or note is anonymous — you don't know who wrote it. In school, an unsigned permission slip means the trip is not allowed until a parent signs. In computing, an unsigned whole number can only be 0 or positive. In Alice in Wonderland, at the trial the White Rabbit reads a letter «not signed at the end», and the King says that makes it worse — a silly kind of logic.

### examples

- The letter was unsigned, so we don't know who sent it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsigned/#x1)
- Your permission slip is still unsigned. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsigned/#x2)
- The King said an unsigned letter proved the Knave meant mischief. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsigned/#x3)
- The band is still unsigned but plays every weekend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsigned/#x4)
- An unsigned number cannot be negative. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsigned/#x5)
- Don't sign up for anything online without asking an adult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsigned/#x6)

### note

Prefix un- = not: unsigned = not signed. In maths/computing, «unsigned» means without a + or − sign, so the value is zero or positive.

### Trees and pragmatics

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