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unprovenienced

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Not having provenience: not having complete and fully ascertained information about origin, not even knowledge of the site in which an artifact was first found by archaeology (let alone any other aspect of its history).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: especially, not-comparable

Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • Near-synonym: unprovenanced

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unprovenanced

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From un- + provenience + -ed.