"without records" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to refer to a lack of documentation or a lack of evidence. For example, "Without records, we can't be sure who was responsible for the mistake."
Dominican law prohibits children without records from continuing school past the eight grade, and employers are hesitant to hire anyone without an ID card or residency permit.
Some inmates were not given their mental illness medications for weeks, the investigators said, while others were given such drugs without records of why.
There is a proposal to keep records of background checks — for the obvious reason that without records, background checks are pretty worthless.
But the fact that it was carried out by "ordinary" young men without records shows the extent to which harassment and violence against women have been normalized -- and that many young men regard this behavior as a form of recreation.
Mr. Mancuso set up a sound system that played music continually for hours, without records being changed one at a time as was the custom, and he sold tickets.
No one was supposed to eat or sell birds that had been vaccinated for 30 days after the first injection, but without records or tagging, this rule was unenforceable.
Performers, from solo pianists to major orchestras, without recording contracts can sell their music online.
He has shelved the Fifty States Project without recording another note of it.
Inside, she and a producer spoke to Jay without recording the conversation.
Mr. Sung said that she had also taken deposits without recording them.
Imagine a world without recorded messages: "If in doubt, press 1.
