unbranded

adjective

un·​brand·​ed ˌən-ˈbran-dəd How to pronounce unbranded (audio)
1
: not marked with the owner's name or mark
unbranded cattle
2
: not sold under a brand name

Examples of unbranded in a Sentence

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Chinese shopping apps DHgate, a wholesale marketplace known for selling dupes and unbranded versions of luxury items, and Taobao (BABA), the country’s original e-commerce site, have shot toward the top of the U.S. Apple app store as a result. Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2025 Many of these are unbranded items; countless others are dupes of recognizable ones. Chris Stokel-Walker, Wired News, 16 Apr. 2025 Longer answer: Many of these products are either mass-produced by unbranded manufacturers or straight-up counterfeit. Francesca Krempa, StyleCaster, 10 Apr. 2025 The nation’s biggest drugstore chains are joining Ulta Beauty, Meijer, Hy-Vee, several dermatologists and The Skin Cancer Foundation to support an unbranded campaign called Sun Responsibly. Faye Brookman, WWD, 4 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unbranded

Word History

First Known Use

1749, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of unbranded was in 1749

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“Unbranded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbranded. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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