unformatted data

Definitions

Raw information that has not been processed, structured, or organized into a specific format for storage or display.

Data that lacks metadata, tags, or a predefined schema, making it difficult for software systems to interpret or analyze without prior transformation.

Examples

The data scientist spent hours cleaning the unformatted data before beginning the analysis.

Importing unformatted data from legacy systems often requires custom scripts to ensure compatibility.

The software failed to process the unformatted data because it lacked the necessary structure.

Synonyms

raw data unstructured data dirty data source data unprocessed data primitive data base data

Antonyms

structured data formatted data processed data refined data organized data clean data tabulated data