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

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The club are in talks with multiple companies with a view to shirt sponsorship during the Club World Cup and beyond, and will hope to avoid a repeat of this season’s unbranded shirt fronts. Liam Twomey, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025 The new storefront section, CNBC said, will offer unbranded items in the fashion, beauty and home categories, much like Shein and Temu’s inventory. Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 28 June 2024 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 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 20 May. 2025.

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