Unofficial
/ʌn.əˈfɪʃ.əl/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Not officially established.
"the unofficial results of the ballot"
- 2 Not officially established.; Implicitly true but withheld and/or contradicted by authority.
"The unofficial reason for invading the nation, however, was to control their resources."
- 3 Not acting with official authority.
"an unofficial adviser"
- 4 Not listed in a national pharmacopeia etc.
Adjective
- 1 not having official authority or sanction wordnet
- 2 not officially established wordnet
Example
More examples""Up to this point has been the official story, which Kirika also knows." "By which you mean there is also an unofficial?""
Etymology
From un- + official.