unattributed

/ ˌʌnəˈtrɪbjuːtɪd /

adjective

1. not having been ascribed or attributed (to someone)

Derived Forms

• ˌunatˈtributable, adjective

Example Sentences

The writing is unattributed except at the end, but most readers will enjoy flipping to the back after reading a story so they can give the author credit.

From Seattle Times

The plagiarism accusations first struck Claudine Gay when a right-wing activist published several examples of unattributed text from the Harvard president’s academic writings.

From Los Angeles Times

“When Luna Luna first caught our attention, we knew we needed to be a driving force behind its resurrection,” read an unattributed statement from DreamCrew.

From Los Angeles Times

The former president later did as much, blithely reciting to a graduating class at Liberty University, a school founded by a fundamentalist televangelist, unattributed dialogue from the political satire “Legally Blonde,” or just last week spurting Nazi rhetoric on social media, cribbed from “Mein Kampf.”

From Los Angeles Times

“GEO has fully set forth its reasons for asking the federal court in the state of Washington to declare HB 1470 unconstitutional as it applies to GEO’s contract with the federal government for the provision of services at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma,” a spokesperson for GEO Group said in an unattributed statement.

From Seattle Times