Meanings
adjectiveunauthored (not comparable)
- not comparableNot 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 - not comparableOf 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
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