uncredited

adjective

un·​cred·​it·​ed ˌən-ˈkre-di-təd How to pronounce uncredited (audio)
: not credited
especially : not given credit, recognition, or acknowledgement
a negotiator whose contributions have gone uncredited
: not named or acknowledged in the list of people contributing to a performance (as in a film)
an uncredited actor
an uncredited appearance

Examples of uncredited in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Fans have been speculating that Swift provided uncredited vocals to the song. Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 29 Mar. 2024 Diane and Laura have also worked together, beginning with Laura’s uncredited appearances in her mother’s films, White Lightning and Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 3 Mar. 2024 With the July release of Oppenheimer, Cartoon Brew reported that 80 percent of the movie’s VFX crew went uncredited, though lead VFX shop DNEG placed all of their names on its web site. Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2023 The actors never share the screen in the ode to fly fishing and brotherly love, but Redford does serve as an uncredited narrator, speaking as the future version of Pitt's onscreen brother played by Craig Sheffer. Ew Staff, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2023 After making his film debut as an uncredited extra in Midnight Cowboy (1969), Walsh popped up in such notable features as Serpico (1973), The Gambler (1975), Bound for Glory (1976), Ordinary People (1980), Reds (1981), Cannery Row (1982) and Silkwood (1983). Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024 The movie, which costars Beanie Feldstein, Colman Domingo, Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal — and, in an uncredited cameo, Miley Cyrus — is Coen’s first directorial effort since 2018’s The Ballad of Buster Scruggs and one of his only projects filmed without his brother. Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2024 But one of the most notable uncredited contributions to a screenplay is that of a performer. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2024 Case in point: among its all-star cast is a wild celebrity cameo who goes uncredited in the film. Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1586, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of uncredited was in 1586

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“Uncredited.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncredited. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.

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