unattributable love

Definitions

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  • adjective Not able to be ascribed or attributed to a particular source

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  • adjective not attributable

Etymologies

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un- + attribute + -able

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Examples

  • "I hope that by my record I've shown that I can deliver and I want the people of Wales to judge me on my record, not on these kind of unattributable briefings which obviously would undermine things otherwise."

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • Since its creation, the STL, as it's known, has not indicted a single suspect (although it released four), and there have only been rumblings about what conclusions it will draw (gleaned from unattributable leaks).

    Taufiq Rahim: Hezbollah's Way or the Highway on Hariri 2010

  • "To leak is one of the irregular verbs; I make unattributable briefings, you leak, he is charged under Section 30 of the Offical Secrets Act."

    A leak enquiry Not a sheep 2008

  • "To leak is one of the irregular verbs; I make unattributable briefings, you leak, he is charged under Section 30 of the Offical Secrets Act."

    Archive 2008-11-01 Not a sheep 2008

  • Our source above indicates there were many “scholarly” works that were unattributable along with the book in question, and his response does not substantiate his sources objectively.

    John Miller’s Open Letter to Mark Steyn : Law is Cool 2008

  • This psywar campaign is Israeli in origin, but, like other Israeli bad habits, appears to have been taken up by the Pentagon, which now provides unattributable spokespeople to encourage it.

    02 « November « 2008 « Niqnaq 2008

  • Since its creation, the STL, as it's known, has not indicted a single suspect (although it released four), and there have only been rumblings about what conclusions it will draw (gleaned from unattributable leaks).

    Taufiq Rahim: Hezbollah's Way or the Highway on Hariri 2010

  • This psywar campaign is Israeli in origin, but, like other Israeli bad habits, appears to have been taken up by the Pentagon, which now provides unattributable spokespeople to encourage it.

    jazeera discussion of the syria raid 2008

  • Whatever her shortcomings, she wasn't the one who put her into a national race she was ill-prepared to handle and, whatever else may be said about her behaviour on the campaign trail, unattributable sniping from John McCain's advisers should be taken with some salt, not least because it so conveniently absolves McCain of the mistakes that helped doom his campaign.

    Swimming with Barracuda: The Continued Adventures of Sarah Palin 2009

  • Whatever her shortcomings, she wasn't the one who put her into a national race she was ill-prepared to handle and, whatever else may be said about her behaviour on the campaign trail, unattributable sniping from John McCain's advisers should be taken with some salt, not least because it so conveniently absolves McCain of the mistakes that helped doom his campaign.

    John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

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