unsigned

From un- +‎ signed.

unsigned (not comparable)

1. (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.

2. Lacking a signature, unendorsed.

   The bank rejected the unsigned check.

3. 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.

• signed

unsigned (plural unsigneds)

1. (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.

• undesign, Duensing, unsinged