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unattributable

unattributable adjective: not able to be ascribed or attributed to a particular source.

Adjective

unattributable (not comparable)

  1. Not able to be ascribed or attributed to a particular source
    • The source of the story is an unattributable leak from the government.
    • There is a great deal of unattributable pollution of the water supply.

Origin of unattributable

From un- + attributable.

Words formed from unattributable

Questions about unattributable

What does unattributable mean?
Unattributable means not able to be ascribed or attributed to a particular source.
What part of speech is unattributable?
Unattributable is an adjective.

Words near unattributable in the dictionary

  1. unattractive
  2. unattractively
  3. unattractiveness
  4. unattractives
  5. unattributability
  6. unattributable
  7. unattributably
  8. unattributed
  9. unattributive
  10. unattuned
  11. unattunedness

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