unauthored
Lacking any writer
Unauthored describes something without an identified author or creator, or something that appears to have arisen without human agency.
A document may be unauthored because its creator is unknown, anonymous, or deliberately uncredited: The unauthored memo circulated through the office.
In philosophical or religious contexts, unauthored suggests existence without a creator: an unauthored universe.
Without any designation
- unattributedHaving no stated origin
- uncreditedNot formally recognized
- unknownNot yet discovered
- unidentifiedNot yet recognized
unsigned · unacknowledged · faceless · incognito · pseudonymous · ghostwritten · unbylined · unclaimed
Left behind completely
- unclaimedNot yet taken
- ownerlessHaving no possessor
- forsakenCompletely abandoned or discarded
- disownedRejected familial ties
neglected · unsponsored · unmaintained · unsupported · stray · foundling · parentless · unendorsed
Not written down
- unwrittenNot set down formally
- oralOf the mouth
- folkloricRelating to folk legends
- apocryphalUnverified and probably untrue
legendary · mythic · traditional · handed-down · unverified · unconfirmed · hearsay · word-of-mouth
Without known origin
- untraceableImpossible to follow back
- unattributableCannot be assigned origin
- foundationalServing as a base
- spontaneousArising without external cause
emergent · uncaused · underived · rootless · beginningless · primordial · autogenerated · motherless
nameless
Without any designation
- unattributedHaving no stated origin
- uncreditedNot formally recognized
- unknownNot yet discovered
unidentified · unsigned · unacknowledged · faceless · incognito · pseudonymous · ghostwritten · unbylined · unclaimed · unrecognized
abandoned
Left behind completely
disowned · neglected · unsponsored · unmaintained · unsupported · stray · foundling · parentless · unendorsed · unpatronized
unrecorded
Not written down
apocryphal · legendary · mythic · traditional · handed-down · unverified · unconfirmed · hearsay · word-of-mouth · unofficial
sourceless
Without known origin
- untraceableImpossible to follow back
- unattributableCannot be assigned origin
- foundationalServing as a base
spontaneous · emergent · uncaused · underived · rootless · beginningless · primordial · autogenerated · motherless · fatherless
- unauthorized absenceBeing away without approval
- unauthorized accessEntry without permission
- unauthorized useEmploying without consent
- unauthorized immigrantForeign resident without legal permission
- unauthorized biographyLife account lacking subject's approval
- unauthorized chargeUnapproved transaction on account