unattested
Americanadjective
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not certified or confirmed; not attested.
an unattested codicil to her will.
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of or noting a word, phrase, usage, etc., that has not been proven to exist, especially in writing.
an unattested earlier form reconstructed by linguists.
Etymology
Origin of unattested
First recorded in 1665–70; un- 1 ( def. ) + attest ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Yet time and again Bach has restored text that was far from clearly missing, or has changed perfectly plausible sounding, but in fact unattested, wording to the standard Lutheran rendering.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2018
The Instrument is simply a document on parchment, signed by the King, but unsealed and unattested.
From Art in England Notes and Studies by Dutton Cook
The trade in antiquities is too cheap and easy a thing in Italy to allow faith in unattested relics.
From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe
By way of facts, we have only a large body of unattested anecdotes of supra-normal successes in crystal-gazing, in many lands and ages; and the scanty records of modern amateur investigators, like the present writer.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
Adj. countervailing &c. v.; contradictory. unattested, unauthenticated, unsupported by evidence; supposititious.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
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