unsourced
adjective
un·sourced
ˌən-ˈsȯrst 
: not having its source specified or documented : not sourced
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The blue box summarizes a bunch of information harvested from somewhere and lists several completely unsourced statements and opinions about each speaker.
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Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 25 May 2023
The New York Post once reported him dead due to an imprudent, unsourced outburst on legacy media Twitter.
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2022
All of this relates to a phenomenon that some subscribers to this newsletter have remarked upon: As more and more paywalls protect primary source material and expensive-to-produce news, more casual consumers end up reading regurgitated, aggregated, unsourced, stories instead.
—Brian Stelter, CNN, 9 July 2021
L'Espresso has been leading the charge against Becciu, with a series of unsourced and speculative articles outlining prosecutors' case against him, some of them citing unnamed Vatican investigators but others offering no attribution for the magazine's claims.
—Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune, 19 Nov. 2020
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Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 25 May 2023
The New York Post once reported him dead due to an imprudent, unsourced outburst on legacy media Twitter.
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2022
All of this relates to a phenomenon that some subscribers to this newsletter have remarked upon: As more and more paywalls protect primary source material and expensive-to-produce news, more casual consumers end up reading regurgitated, aggregated, unsourced, stories instead.
—Brian Stelter, CNN, 9 July 2021
L'Espresso has been leading the charge against Becciu, with a series of unsourced and speculative articles outlining prosecutors' case against him, some of them citing unnamed Vatican investigators but others offering no attribution for the magazine's claims.
—Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune, 19 Nov. 2020
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“Unsourced.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsourced. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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