unclassified
adjective
un·clas·si·fied
ˌən-ˈkla-sə-ˌfīd 
1
: not subject to a security classification
unclassified information
2
: not placed or belonging in a class
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During almost two months of proceedings, witnesses testified that the senator sent unclassified insider information to Egyptian officials and that Hana was later given an exclusive and lucrative contract to certify beef exports to that country.
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El Calabrese, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
Washington should also establish or support an organization charged with collating unclassified commercial satellite imagery on the position of Chinese troops along the LAC and disseminate these images routinely for public consumption.
—Lisa Curtis, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2023
Those bribes were given in exchange for the senator exercising his influence on criminal investigations in New Jersey and providing unclassified insider information from the U.S. government to Egyptian intelligence officials.
—Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
Data, too, is often unclassified and insufficiently harmonized to be useful for exchange, making identifying potential business opportunities or complying with incoming legislation such as the European Union’s waste framework directive or ecodesign for sustainable products regulation a harder lift.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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El Calabrese, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
Washington should also establish or support an organization charged with collating unclassified commercial satellite imagery on the position of Chinese troops along the LAC and disseminate these images routinely for public consumption.
—Lisa Curtis, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2023
Those bribes were given in exchange for the senator exercising his influence on criminal investigations in New Jersey and providing unclassified insider information from the U.S. government to Egyptian intelligence officials.
—Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
Data, too, is often unclassified and insufficiently harmonized to be useful for exchange, making identifying potential business opportunities or complying with incoming legislation such as the European Union’s waste framework directive or ecodesign for sustainable products regulation a harder lift.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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unclassified
adjective
un·clas·si·fied
ˌən-ˈklas-ə-ˌfīd
: not classified
especially
: not requiring special treatment for purposes of security
unclassified documents
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