unattributed
adjective
un·at·trib·ut·ed ˌən-ə-ˈtri-ˌbyü-təd 
-byə-
: not ascribed or credited to a source : not attributed
an unattributed quote
unattributed paintings
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Another Baroque masterpiece, a marble skull sculpted by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, spent almost 200 years hidden in plain sight as an unattributed work in the Dresden State Art Collection’s archaeology department. 
Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2021 But the article is an unattributed copy of The Dunning-Kruger Times' satirical post. Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2022 According to a network source, the unattributed passages were caught during routine editing. Washington Post, 3 May 2022 His knowledge of Adidas' role in the recruitment of Brian Bowen is alleged in a new book, but mostly through unattributed hearsay. Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 16 Feb. 2022 After the Post story published, the Red Stars hired a crisis communications firm and later released a handful of unattributed statements that also were short on details. Jeremy Mikula, chicagotribune.com, 10 Feb. 2022 That’s the anonymous part: A list of author names is provided but unattributed, and the reader is invited to guess which author wrote which piece. Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2022 This was, however, not the first time McRaven's remarks have been unattributed or copied for use by others. Travis Caldwell And Amanda Jackson, CNN, 14 May 2021 In the past months, literary investigators have exposed the two leading contenders for the September election for using unattributed text by other authors in their books. Bojan Pancevski, WSJ, 21 Aug. 2021 See More
Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2021 But the article is an unattributed copy of The Dunning-Kruger Times' satirical post. Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2022 According to a network source, the unattributed passages were caught during routine editing. Washington Post, 3 May 2022 His knowledge of Adidas' role in the recruitment of Brian Bowen is alleged in a new book, but mostly through unattributed hearsay. Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 16 Feb. 2022 After the Post story published, the Red Stars hired a crisis communications firm and later released a handful of unattributed statements that also were short on details. Jeremy Mikula, chicagotribune.com, 10 Feb. 2022 That’s the anonymous part: A list of author names is provided but unattributed, and the reader is invited to guess which author wrote which piece. Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2022 This was, however, not the first time McRaven's remarks have been unattributed or copied for use by others. Travis Caldwell And Amanda Jackson, CNN, 14 May 2021 In the past months, literary investigators have exposed the two leading contenders for the September election for using unattributed text by other authors in their books. Bojan Pancevski, WSJ, 21 Aug. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1972, in the meaning defined above