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unauthored

unauthored adjective: not authored; without an author; unwritten.

Adjective

unauthored (not comparable)

  1. Not authored; without an author; unwritten.
    • Livingston is surely correct in calling attention to the possibility of such films, but his argument for their existence seems to rest on the view that, if no one with communicative intentions is in overall control of the film, then it is unauthored.2005, Jerrold Levinson, The Oxford Handbook Of Aesthetics, page 633
  2. Of no known author; anonymous.
    • When citing unauthored web documents use their title and publication date[…]2006, Paul Adams, Roger Openshaw, Victoria Trembath, Score More Essential Academic, page 149

Origin of unauthored

From un- + authored.

Questions about unauthored

What does unauthored mean?
Unauthored means not authored; without an author; unwritten.
What part of speech is unauthored?
Unauthored is an adjective.

Words near unauthored in the dictionary

  1. unauthenticate
  2. unauthenticated
  3. unauthenticates
  4. unauthenticating
  5. unauthenticity
  6. unauthored
  7. unauthorised
  8. unauthorised term
  9. unauthorised terms
  10. unauthorisedly
  11. unauthoritative

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