unattested

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Yet time and again Bach has restored text that was far from clearly missing, or has changed perfectly plausible sounding, but in fact unattested, wording to the standard Lutheran rendering.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2018

Adj. countervailing &c. v.; contradictory. unattested, unauthenticated, unsupported by evidence; supposititious.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

The trade in antiquities is too cheap and easy a thing in Italy to allow faith in unattested relics.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward

The reader must decide for himself what credit to attach to statements made by Buchanan, and otherwise unattested.

From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various

The Instrument is simply a document on parchment, signed by the King, but unsealed and unattested.

From Art in England Notes and Studies by Cook, Dutton