Unofficial

//ʌn.əˈfɪʃ.əl// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not officially established.

    "the unofficial results of the ballot"

  2. 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. 3
    Not acting with official authority.

    "an unofficial adviser"

  4. 4
    Not listed in a national pharmacopeia etc.
Adjective
  1. 1
    not having official authority or sanction wordnet
  2. 2
    not officially established wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
informalunconfirmedactionableaffableagainst the lawanarchic

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.

Related phrases

unofficial farthing

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