untagged
/ʌnˈtæɡd/ (bre, ipa) · /ʌnˈtæɡd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌən-ˈtagd How to pronounce untagged (audio)/ (ame, mw)
untagged — adjective
- untaggedpositive
- more untaggedcomparative
- most untaggedsuperlative
1. without any piece of paper, plastic, or metal carrying details such as a price,
without any piece of paper, plastic, or metal carrying details such as a price, name, barcode, or washing instructions fastened to it — for example, a suitcase that has lost its luggage label, or a product with no price sticker attached.
The warehouse worker noticed several untagged boxes near the loading dock.
collocation: untagged + physical object (box, item, luggage)
Lan found an untagged sweater on the sale rack and asked the cashier for help.
The museum's untagged fossils remained in storage until a specialist could examine them.
Aylin realised her untagged suitcase had been sent to the wrong carousel.
用法筆記
Common in retail, shipping, and organisational settings to describe physical items whose expected identification label is missing.
2. describes digital information — such as files, images, or data entries — that ha
describes digital information — such as files, images, or data entries — that has not been given a code, keyword, or label that a computer program can recognise and use to organise or process the content.
Sirin uploaded untagged images to the database, so the search tool could not find them.
consequence pattern: untagged → system cannot retrieve
The IT manager requested raw, untagged data to build a new classification system.
technical domain: raw + untagged data
Ignacio wrote a script that flagged all untagged comments in the code repository.
The research team could not analyse the untagged survey responses automatically.
- tagged
has had metadata or labels applied for processing
- classified
organised into categories, not just labelled
用法筆記
In computing and data management, 'untagged' is the opposite of 'tagged' — the latter means metadata or labels have been applied so a system can read and act on the data.