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unencrypted

unencrypted adjective: of something that has been decrypted successfully, or of something that should have been encrypted, but was not.

Adjective

unencrypted (not comparable)

  1. Of something that has been decrypted successfully, or of something that should have been encrypted, but was not.
    • The hackers appeared to have used standard phishing and email attachments, some apparently directed at employees with high-level network access, to obtain unencrypted customer data that could complete a fullz.2015, Aaron Wheeler, Michael Winburn, Cloud Storage Security: A Practical Guide

Origin of unencrypted

From un- + encrypted.

Questions about unencrypted

What does unencrypted mean?
Unencrypted means of something that has been decrypted successfully, or of something that should have been encrypted, but was not.
What part of speech is unencrypted?
Unencrypted is an adjective.

Words near unencrypted in the dictionary

  1. unencroached
  2. unencroaching
  3. unencrusted
  4. unencrypt
  5. unencryptable
  6. unencrypted
  7. unencrypting
  8. unencryption
  9. unencrypts
  10. unenculturated
  11. unencumber

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