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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Caine declined to comment on whether senior U.S. officials who were in the chat — including the vice president, Defense secretary, secretary of State and national security advisor — should have discussed battle plans on an unclassified, commercial application.
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Tara Copp, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025
First came the news that Mr. Hegseth had put the operational sequencing, or flight schedules, for the F/A-18 Hornets targeting the Houthi militia in Yemen on March 15 in the unclassified Signal group chat, which included several other senior officials.
—Helene Cooper, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Keeping classified information safe Mr. Nazario recalls that while he was stationed at Andrews Air Force Base maintaining unclassified computer systems, there were three times in roughly three years when secret data accidentally made its way into his team’s systems.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 26 Mar. 2025
About half of Americans believe that, by accidentally leaking war plans to a journalist in an unclassified app, senior members of President Donald Trump’s administration broke the law, according to a new YouGov poll.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
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Tara Copp, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025
First came the news that Mr. Hegseth had put the operational sequencing, or flight schedules, for the F/A-18 Hornets targeting the Houthi militia in Yemen on March 15 in the unclassified Signal group chat, which included several other senior officials.
—Helene Cooper, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Keeping classified information safe Mr. Nazario recalls that while he was stationed at Andrews Air Force Base maintaining unclassified computer systems, there were three times in roughly three years when secret data accidentally made its way into his team’s systems.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 26 Mar. 2025
About half of Americans believe that, by accidentally leaking war plans to a journalist in an unclassified app, senior members of President Donald Trump’s administration broke the law, according to a new YouGov poll.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Unclassified.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unclassified. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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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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