unattributable
adjective
un·at·trib·ut·a·ble
ˌən-ə-ˈtri-ˌbyü-tə-bəl 
-byə-
: not able to be ascribed or credited to a source : not capable of being attributed
an unattributable rumor
unattributable liabilities
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Without citations, the output is unattributable, and therefore inherently difficult to trust or verify.
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Heather Wishart-Smith, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
Eventually, the agents found footprints that, according to their Indigenous guides, were unattributable to neighboring peoples.
—New York Times, 16 Mar. 2022
But during that half-year, a funny thing happened: The computer experienced 152 unattributable memory errors.
—Sarah Scoles, WIRED, 4 June 2018
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Heather Wishart-Smith, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
Eventually, the agents found footprints that, according to their Indigenous guides, were unattributable to neighboring peoples.
—New York Times, 16 Mar. 2022
But during that half-year, a funny thing happened: The computer experienced 152 unattributable memory errors.
—Sarah Scoles, WIRED, 4 June 2018
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“Unattributable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unattributable. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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