unattested

U1N1A1T1T1E1S1T1E1D2

adjective

Not supported by attestation; lacking supporting evidence in the form of assurance from an authority.

“The plural form of this noun must surely have existed in the speech of medieval farmers, although it is unattested in surviving books from the period.”

OriginEnglish attested ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
Scrabble 11
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectiveunattested (comparative more unattested, superlative most unattested)

comparative more unattested · superlative most unattested

  1. Not supported by attestation; lacking supporting evidence in the form of assurance from an authority.

    The plural form of this noun must surely have existed in the speech of medieval farmers, although it is unattested in surviving books from the period.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishattested
  9. Englishunattested

From un- + attested.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Finnish kirjallisista lähteistä löytymätön
  • kirjallisista lähteistä löytymätönnot existing in any documented form
French inattesté
  • inattesténot existing in any documented form
Greek αμάρτυρος
  • αμάρτυρος (amártyros)not existing in any documented form
Polish niezaświadczony
  • niezaświadczonynot existing in any documented form
Russian незасвидетельствованный
  • незасвидетельствованный (nezasvidetelʹstvovannyj)not existing in any documented form
Cite this entry
APA

unattested. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unattested

MLA

“unattested.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unattested. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unattested,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unattested.

Source: unattested on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.