unattributed

U1N1A1T1T1R1I1B3U1T1E1D2

adjective

Lacking attribution; of unknown authorship

OriginEnglish attributed ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
UncommonScrabble 15
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectiveunattributed (not comparable)
  1. not comparableLacking 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

  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. Englishattributed
  9. Englishunattributed

From un- + attributed.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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