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unattributed

unattributed adjective: lacking attribution; of unknown authorship.

Adjective

unattributed (not comparable)

  1. Lacking attribution; of unknown authorship
    • The sculpture is a life-size depiction of the unattributed 1932 photograph, which shows a group of 11 ironworkers above the Rockefeller Center construction site.2007 January 18, Jennifer 8. Lee, “A Mobile Work of Art Is Missing an Ironworker”, in New York Times

Origin of unattributed

From un- + attributed.

Questions about unattributed

What does unattributed mean?
Unattributed means lacking attribution; of unknown authorship.
What part of speech is unattributed?
Unattributed is an adjective.

Words near unattributed in the dictionary

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

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