unauthorized
AdjectiveUS[uh-naw-ther-ahyzd]/əˈnɔθɚˌaɪzd/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (2)
- not endowed with authoritySynonyms: unauthorisedSimilar unaccredited, self-appointedRelates to mandate, authorizationSee also illegitimate, unofficial
- without official authorization“an unauthorized strike”“wildcat work stoppage”Synonyms: unauthorisedwildcatOpposite officialSimilar unofficial
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Translations
Adjective without official authorization
- German
- unberechtigt
- Italian
- non autorizzato
- Turkish
- izinsiz
- Swedish
- obehörig
- Greek
- αυθαίρετος afthaíretos
- Vietnamese
- trái phép
- Hungarian
- illetéktelen
- Czech
- neoprávněný
- Finnish
- luvaton
- Romanian
- neautorizat
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Unauthorized
Formed with the prefix un- (“not”): To past particles, or to adjectives formed after the analogy of past particles, to indicate the absence of the condition or state expressed by them. See authorized.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54