unannotated
|un-an-no-tat-ed|
/ˌʌnəˈnəteɪtɪd/
(unannotate)
not given explanatory notes; lacking markings or notes
Etymology
'unannotated' is formed in English by the negative prefix 'un-' + 'annotated' (the past participle of 'annotate'). 'Annotate' ultimately comes from Latin 'annotare' (from 'ad-' + 'notare'), where 'notare' meant 'to mark, note'.
'annotare' in Latin produced Medieval and later forms such as Anglo-French/Latin-influenced 'annotate' in English; adding the productive English prefix 'un-' produced 'unannotated' as the negative (not marked by notes) form.
Originally, the root meant 'to mark or note'; over time 'annotate' came to mean 'add explanatory notes,' and 'unannotated' came to mean 'not provided with such notes' (the negative of that modern sense).
Meanings by Part of Speech
Verb 1
past tense or past participle form of 'unannotate' — to remove annotations from (a text, dataset, etc.) or to leave something without annotations.
They unannotated several pages to restore the original layout, leaving them unannotated in the archive.
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Adjective 1
not furnished with annotations or explanatory notes; lacking notes or comments that explain, mark, or identify parts of a text, data set, image, etc.
The dataset was released unannotated, so researchers had to label the samples themselves.
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