unauthorized
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4.5
- adjective
- /ˌʌnəˈθɔːraɪzd/
- US
:
no autorizado
- All unauthorized personnel - are warned to stay clear of this area.
- unauthorized access
- unauthorized copies
- unauthorized copying
There was actually a unauthorized leak.
- There was actually a unauthorized leak.
- When employers are unable to hire unauthorized workers, they often have to scale back their businesses, which causes job losses for Usborne workers.
- They engage in an unauthorized and novel experiment of of more aggressive engagement with this ocean, the sentient ocean.
- And I'll breeding all unauthorized questions concerning other people's affair.
- They wrote me up for being unauthorized absence and you know, fucking no, fuck your package now and all that type of shit.
Examples
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We can't accept any unauthorized deliveries.
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So that it is protected from unauthorized access and can be retrieved when required.
Academic text (2011) -
No unauthorized vehicles are allowed
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Students who believe it is inappropriate to make unauthorized copies of software are less likely to do so.
Academic text (1991) -
Distribution, disclosure, reproduction, or sale of this material to unauthorized personnel is strictly prohibited.
Fiction book (1993) -
The exact number of border crossings into the United States by unauthorized Mexicans is not known.
Academic text (1999) -
Second offenders under the new decree... ...will be met by state appropriation of the unauthorized vehicles.
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Berger ultimately pleaded guilty to a charge of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material, for which he was fined $50,000 and sentenced to serve two years of probation and 100 hours of community service.
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He's stacking ratty paperbacks: cookbooks, astrology guides, and an unauthorized biography of Mamie Eisenhower.
Fiction book (1999) -
No unauthorized vehicles are allowed in this area.
Synonyms
75
3.8
Not approved by the people in charge
26
5.0
Not allowed to do or get something because of the rules
6
7.3
Not officially allowed by the people in charge
1
3.7
Not allowed by law or by an authority
1
6.4
Not allowed by rules or laws
Not officially allowed by the government to sell goods or drive a vehicle
Not having official permission required by law to operate
Antonyms
Compounds
How Authorized
Surface Forms
Morphology
unauthorized = authorized (transparent) = un + authorize + ed
The adjective is formed by adding the productive negation prefix 'un-' to 'authorized', yielding the straightforward meaning 'not authorized'.
Etymology
Unauthorized is made from un- ('not') and authorize (to 'give official permission'), and it shares the same root as authority and author, words about having power to allow things. So, Unauthorized means 'not officially allowed'.