We have a big codebase where I work and it’s written as a set of micro services. I’m a bit of a noob but I thought that micro services were always containerized

We have a big codebase where I work and it’s written as a set of micro services. I’m a bit of a noob but I thought that micro services were always containerized. Turns out we don’t do that and it all runs in a very bespoke and poorly documented VM. Now can we call this a microservices based architecture? I feel like we cannot, it feels like worst of both worlds…