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unanimous ~ anonymous

[slightly different pronunciation]

“Unanimous” (adjective) means ‘(of an agreement, decision, vote) being done with the agreement of all the persons involved or who has some say in that matter, without any opposition or difference of opinion’,

unanimous voting

e.g.

She was elected Chairman by a unanimous vote.

The decision to diversity their business was unanimous.

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“Anonymous” (adjective) means ‘(of somebody) unknown by name; doing something without letting the doer’s name known to others; (mostly in writings) uninteresting; not having any attractive or interesting qualities or feature; not famous or popular, unknown to many people’,

(an anonymous person — not known to anybody)

e.g.

An anonymous letter – without sender’s name and address:

Dear Clara,

You are in great danger.  Do not trust Sam; he is a liar.  If you want to know more about Sam, go to the Central Park this evening and sit on the third bench on the west side, near the pond.  YOU MUST BE ALONE! Your well-wisher ??? (no name of the sender)

The author of this excellent collection of short stories is anonymous.   [i.e. the publisher or the one who has them does not know who actually wrote those stories]

She has been getting anonymous phone calls threatening her to kill.

Though he is rich, he always stays at anonymous hotels in order to avoid publicity.   [i.e. ordinary and not well-known hotels – not necessarily be cheap hotel]

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