unofficial

unofficial
Synonyms and related words:
Bohemian, actionable, affable, against the law, anarchic, anarchistic, anomic, apocryphal, black-market, bootleg, casual, chargeable, contraband, contrary to law, cordial, criminal, degage, easy, easygoing, familiar, felonious, flawed, folksy, free and easy, gracious, haymish, homely, homey, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, impermissible, informal, irregular, justiciable, lawless, loose, natural, nonconstitutional, nonlegal, nonlicit, nonofficial, offhand, offhanded, outlaw, outlawed, plain, punishable, relaxed, simple, sociable, triable, unaffected, unallowed, unassuming, unattested, unauthentic, unauthenticated, unauthoritative, unauthorized, unceremonious, uncertified, unchecked, unconfirmed, unconstitutional, unconstrained, unconventional, uncorroborated, undemonstrated, under-the-counter, under-the-table, unlawful, unproved, unstatutory, unstudied, unvalidated, unverified, unwarrantable, unwarranted, wrongful

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • unofficial — un‧of‧fi‧cial [ˌʌnəˈfɪʆl◂] adjective 1. without formal approval and permission from the organization or person in authority: • He made his complaint through unofficial channels. 2. not made publicly known as part of an official plan: • Our… …   Financial and business terms

  • unofficial — I adjective casual, informal, not to be quoted, off the record, personal, unauthoritative, unauthorized, unendorsed, without authority, without ceremony associated concepts: unofficial ruling II index informal, interim …   Law dictionary

  • unofficial — 1798, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + OFFICIAL (Cf. official). Related: Unofficially …   Etymology dictionary

  • unofficial — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not officially authorized or confirmed. DERIVATIVES unofficially adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • unofficial — [spelling only] …   English World dictionary

  • unofficial — [[t]ʌ̱nəfɪ̱ʃ(ə)l[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n An unofficial action or statement is not organized or approved by a person or group in authority. Staff voted to continue an unofficial strike in support of seven colleagues who were dismissed last week...… …   English dictionary

  • unofficial — adjective a) Not officially established. the unofficial results of the ballot b) Not acting with official authority. an unofficial adviser Syn: inofficial …   Wiktionary

  • unofficial — un|of|fi|cial [ˌʌnəˈfıʃəl] adj 1.) done or produced without formal approval or permission ▪ Hodges wrote an unofficial biography of the artist. 2.) not done as part of your job ▪ The President made an unofficial visit to the Senator s house.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • unofficial — un|of|fi|cial [ ,ʌnə fıʃl ] adjective not organized or formally approved by anyone in authority: The union is to take unofficial strike action next Tuesday. a. not having an official position or status: He has become the president s unofficial… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • unofficial — adjective 1 without formal approval and permission from the organization or person in authority: unofficial experiments carried out in secret laboratories 2 not made publicly known as part of an official plan: The President made an unofficial… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • unofficial — adjective 1) unofficial figures Syn: unconfirmed, unauthenticated, uncorroborated, unsubstantiated, provisional, off the record Ant: confirmed 2) an unofficial committee Syn: informal …   Thesaurus of popular words

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