unsourced

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adjective

Presented without a source or reference.

“The unsourced quote was useless as a dictionary citation since no one could tell if it had actually been printed.”

OriginEnglish sourced ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunsourced (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePresented without a source or reference.

    The unsourced quote was useless as a dictionary citation since no one could tell if it had actually been printed.

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. Englishsourced
  9. Englishunsourced

From un- + sourced.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

uncoursedunscoured
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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