unofficial

B2
US /ʌn.əˈfɪʃ.əl/
adj Freq #17860

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    not having official authority or sanction

    a sort of unofficial mayor

  2. 2
    adj

    not officially established

    the early election returns are unofficial

  3. 3
    adj

    Not officially established.

    the unofficial results of the ballot

  4. 4
    adj

    Not acting with official authority.

    an unofficial adviser

  5. 5
    adj

    Not listed in a national pharmacopeia etc.

Etymology

From un- + official.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
inofficial
Opposites
Word family
Derived forms unofficialityunofficiallyunofficialness

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