unallowed

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌʌnəˈlaʊd/ UK /ˌʌnəˈlaʊd/ See IPA manual

adj

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adj
not permitted or sanctioned

Photography was strictly unallowed inside the sacred chamber.

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Synonyms

1 adj · not permitted or sanctioned forbidden prohibited banneddisallowedimpermissiblebarred

Opposites

allowed permitted sanctioned authorized

Word family

Related forms allow allowance allowed disallow

Etymology

From un- ('not') + allowed, past participle of allow, from Old French alouer ('to approve, grant'), partly from Latin allaudare ('to praise') and partly from allocare ('to allot').

un- Old English alouer Old French allocare Latin

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# unallowed

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˌʌnəˈlaʊd
**IPA (UK):** ˌʌnəˈlaʊd

## Meanings
1. not permitted or sanctioned

## Examples
- Photography was strictly unallowed inside the sacred chamber.

## Synonyms
- forbidden
- prohibited
- banned
- disallowed
- impermissible
- barred

## Antonyms
- allowed
- permitted
- sanctioned
- authorized

## Related Forms
- allow
- allowance
- allowed
- disallow

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: un-
- Root: alouer
- Root: allocare

## Etymology
From un- ('not') + allowed, past participle of allow, from Old French alouer ('to approve, grant'), partly from Latin allaudare ('to praise') and partly from allocare ('to allot').

## AI Etymology
Unallowed is from un- ('not') + allowed, past participle of allow, from Old French alouer ('to approve, grant'), partly from Latin allaudare ('to praise') and partly from allocare ('to allot'). Important recorded forms include un- (Old English), alouer (Old French), and allocare (Latin). Morphologically, the un- element marks negation, reversal, removal, or deprivation, while the base supplies the action, quality, or state being denied or undone. The modern sense is largely compositional, with the historical elements narrowing into a stable English lexical item. In current use it covers not permitted or sanctioned. The wider family includes related words such as allow, allowance, allowed, and disallow.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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