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Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Germanic *un-

Proto-West Germanic *un-

Old English un-

Middle English un-

English un-

English signed

English unsigned

From un- + signed.

unsigned (not comparable)

(computing) Not accepting negative numbers; having only a positive value (or zero).
We use an unsigned variable to store the employee's salary, since it will never be less than zero.
Lacking a signature, unendorsed.
The bank rejected the unsigned check.
Not signed to an organization such as a sports club or record label.
- 2008, Jonathan Rand, The Year That Changed the Game:
  The unsigned player also had the option of sitting out a year and negotiating as a free agent.

not accepting negative numbers; having only a positive value

lacking a signature, unendorsed

unsigned (plural unsigneds)

(computing) A numeric value or variable that has no sign and can only be positive.
- 1999, Steve Heller, Optimizing C++, page 107:
  For compilers which produce two-byte unsigneds, the maximum cumulative frequency is 16,383 if we wish to avoid the use of long arithmetic.