"unauthored" meaning in English

See unauthored in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From un- + authored. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|authored}} un- + authored Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} unauthored (not comparable)
  1. Not authored; without an author; unwritten. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-unauthored-en-adj-CoWU9qBg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7
  2. Of no known author; anonymous. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-unauthored-en-adj-G6Cv3p5F
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          "ref": "2005, Jerrold Levinson, The Oxford Handbook Of Aesthetics, page 633:",
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