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unsourced

British  
/ ʌnˈsɔːst /

adjective

  1. (of a story or quotation) not attributed to a source

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Chief among them were unsourced claims that the PS5 Pro would be backwards compatible with games from previous Sony consoles - with some reports suggesting this would go as far back as the original PlayStation.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2024

“The story, which is riddled with patently false anecdotes and no concrete evidence, is entirely based on unsourced, unsubstantiated, 15-year-old anonymous gossip,” the representative said Wednesday in a statement to The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2023

The argument is that Knipel made a fatal error by constructing his article in reverse: first by using unsourced text written by ChatGPT and then adding real, nonfiction sources to verify the claims.

From Slate • Jan. 12, 2023

An investigation into the reports, which were unsourced, found no indication of abuse.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2022

Israel’s Calcalist newspaper, in an unsourced report last week, said police had used Pegasus without judges’ warrants against public figures including a son and two confidants of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

From Reuters • Feb. 13, 2022

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