nonaccredited
- adjective
- /ˌnɒnəˈkrɛdɪtɪd/
:
no acreditado
- Many nonaccredited institutions struggle to attract students due to their lack of official approval.
Examples
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The nonaccredited courses offered online may provide useful information, but they won't have formal recognition.
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Students should be cautious when enrolling in nonaccredited programs, as they may not be recognized by employers.
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If the best centers were also the accredited ones, comparisons of accredited and nonaccredited centers would also be comparisons of better and less good centers.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
75
3.8
Not approved by the people in charge
25
4.8
Not recorded by an official body
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6.1
Not recognized or accepted openly by others
2
7.2
Not officially approved by a government or other official body
1
5.5
Does not have official papers or approval for use
1
5.3
Not approved by most people or by an official group
Not approved by an official group that checks safety or quality
Not officially approved by an authority or group
Not accepted as official or trusted as correct
Not having formal status or approval
Not on an official list
Not having official permission required by law to operate
Not officially allowed by the government to sell goods or drive a vehicle
Antonyms
How Accredited
- Formal
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4.4
- Formal
- Formal
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4.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
nonaccredited = accredited (transparent) = non + accredit + ed
The adjective 'accredited' is simply negated by the productive prefix 'non-', yielding a literal 'not accredited' meaning.
Etymology
Nonaccredited comes from the prefix non- 'not' plus accredit, which is related to credit meaning 'trust'. So a nonaccredited school or program is one that does not have official trust or approval, which is why its degrees might not be accepted.