Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unattributable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: unattributable
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not able to be ascribed or attributed to a particular source

Example Sentences

"The source of the story is an unattributable leak from the government."
"There is a great deal of unattributable pollution of the water supply."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English attributable English unattributable From un- + attributable.

Derived Forms

unattributably unattributability

Synonyms

unascribable

Questions

What does unattributable mean?: Not able to be ascribed or attributed to a particular source
Where does unattributable come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English attributable English unattributable From un- + attributable.

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