unclassified
Freely available information
Unclassified describes information, documents, or materials that are not assigned a security classification and can be freely shared or accessed.
In government and military contexts, it stands in contrast to levels like confidential, secret, or top secret, which restrict access.
The report was deemed unclassified and released to the public.
More generally, unclassified can mean simply not sorted into categories: The unclassified items sat in a pile on his desk.
Meant to stay secret
- top-secretMaximum security clearance level
- restrictedLimited in scope
- sensitiveEasily affected emotionally
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
security · intelligence · declassified · redacted · documents · files · espionage · covert
Not arranged systematically
- unlabeledWithout identifying markers
- ungroupedNot assigned to categories
- miscellaneousOf mixed composition
- unassignedNot given out
uncatalogued · unfiled · unindexed · untagged · unmarked · unlisted · unranked · ungraded
Not yet established
- unknownNot yet discovered
- inconclusiveNot yielding a decision
- unsettledNot yet resolved
- undefinedNot clearly delineated
open-ended · tentative · provisional · indeterminate · ambiguous · unclear · vague · unresolved
Finest taxonomic rank
- genusTaxonomic rank above species
- familyRelated people together
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- phylumMajor classification rank
kingdom · domain · binomial · nomenclature · systematics · cladistics · phylogeny · biodiversity
confidential
Meant to stay secret
- top-secretMaximum security clearance level
- restrictedLimited in scope
- sensitiveEasily affected emotionally
clearance · security · intelligence · declassified · redacted · documents · files · espionage · covert · need-to-know
unsorted
Not arranged systematically
- unlabeledWithout identifying markers
- ungroupedNot assigned to categories
- miscellaneousOf mixed composition
unassigned · uncatalogued · unfiled · unindexed · untagged · unmarked · unlisted · unranked · ungraded · unorganized
undetermined
Not yet established
- unknownNot yet discovered
- inconclusiveNot yielding a decision
- unsettledNot yet resolved
undefined · open-ended · tentative · provisional · indeterminate · ambiguous · unclear · vague · unresolved · pending
species
Finest taxonomic rank
- genusTaxonomic rank above species
- familyRelated people together
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
phylum · kingdom · domain · binomial · nomenclature · systematics · cladistics · phylogeny · biodiversity · organism
- stuffthings, items, objects, stuff, goods
- classificationshierarchical, categorical, taxonomic, ordinal, nominal
- ranking systemstop secret, secret, confidential, restricted, tier one
- security levelsconfidential, restricted, secret, top secret, public
- documentsdocument, news, email, report, letter
- statusespending, active, approved, inactive, completed
unclassifiedclassified
Restricted from disclosure
top-secret · secret · confidential · restricted · sensitive
unclassifiedclassified
Restricted from disclosure
categorized · categorised · sorted · grouped · organized