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Unattested in a sentence

Unattested meaning

Not supported by attestation; lacking supporting evidence in the form of assurance from an authority.

Using Unattested

  • The main meaning on this page is: Not supported by attestation; lacking supporting evidence in the form of assurance from an authority.
  • In the example corpus, unattested often appears in combinations such as: otherwise unattested, unattested and.

Context around Unattested

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

otherwise 3× numerous 1× previously 1× remains 1× fiction 1×

Often after:

old 1× once 1× accounts 1× uses 1× proto 1×

Sentence patterns with Unattested

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

asterisks for unattested and prefix 1× from the unattested proto slavic 1× is otherwise unattested 1× is otherwise unattested and has 1× many previously unattested uses of 1× not go unattested 1× peloponnesus remains unattested by any 1× postulating an unattested old high 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

grimm took forseti 1× however burgoyne s 1× in general authors 1× loki takes the 1× maddicott p 50 1× odin responds that 1×

Common sentence endings:

1980s or before 1× any solid evidence 1× in the dictionary 1× in various interpretations 1× is otherwise unattested 1× not go unattested 1×

Words around Unattested

Just before it in the word index:

unattended 197 unattainable 64 unattached 27 unato 2 unathorised 2 unathletic 6

Just after it in the word index:

unattractive 90 unattractiveness 3 unattributed 10 unaudited 28 unauthenticated 3 unauthorised 244

Similar in corpus frequency:

aami 15 aat 15 abada 15 abcs 15 abdulkareem 15 abha 15

Corpus analysis for Unattested

  • In this selection, "unattested" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, otherwise, numerous, previously, old, once and accounts stand out and add context to how "unattested" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include asterisks for unattested and prefix and from the unattested proto slavic. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "unattested" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with unattested

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

However, Burgoyne’s southern campaign did not go unattested. (9 words)

The supposed "sermo classicus" is a scholarly fiction unattested in the dictionary. (12 words)

Ultimately, Polish is thought to descend from the unattested Proto-Slavic language. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

Pascal innovated many previously unattested uses of the triangle's numbers, uses he described comprehensively in what is perhaps the earliest known mathematical treatise to be specially devoted to the triangle, his Traité du triangle arithmétique (1653). (37 words)

Loki "takes the horn," drinks it, and says that she would be, if it were so, and states that Sif had a lover beside Thor, namely, Loki himself (an event that is otherwise unattested). (34 words)

Origin and etymology There are competing theories of where and when troll was first used in Internet slang, with numerous unattested accounts of BBS and UseNet origins in the early 1980s or before. (33 words)

Example sentences (12)

Grimm took Forseti, "praeses", to be the older form of the name, first postulating an unattested Old High German equivalent *forasizo (cf. modern German Vorsitzender "one who presides").

However, Burgoyne’s southern campaign did not go unattested.

In general, authors retain asterisks for "unattested", and prefix ˣ, **, or a superscript "?" for the latter meaning.

Loki "takes the horn," drinks it, and says that she would be, if it were so, and states that Sif had a lover beside Thor, namely, Loki himself (an event that is otherwise unattested).

Maddicott, p. 50 Patrick Wormald was also sceptical, describing 'witena-gemot' as "a word always rare and unattested before 1035".

Odin responds that even if this is true, Loki (in a story otherwise unattested) once spent eight winters beneath the earth as a woman milking cows, and during this time bore children.

Origin and etymology There are competing theories of where and when troll was first used in Internet slang, with numerous unattested accounts of BBS and UseNet origins in the early 1980s or before.

Pascal innovated many previously unattested uses of the triangle's numbers, uses he described comprehensively in what is perhaps the earliest known mathematical treatise to be specially devoted to the triangle, his Traité du triangle arithmétique (1653).

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The notion of humanity as "Heimdallr's sons" is otherwise unattested and has also resulted in various interpretations.

The source of the West Greek speakers in the Peloponnesus remains unattested by any solid evidence.

The supposed "sermo classicus" is a scholarly fiction unattested in the dictionary.

Ultimately, Polish is thought to descend from the unattested Proto-Slavic language.

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Common combinations with unattested

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "unattested" in a sentence?
An example: "Grimm took Forseti, "praeses", to be the older form of the name, first postulating an unattested Old High German equivalent *forasizo (cf. modern German Vorsitzender "one who presides")." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "unattested" from authentic English texts.
What does "unattested" mean?
Unattested means: Not supported by attestation; lacking supporting evidence in the form of assurance from an authority.
How many example sentences with "unattested" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "unattested", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.