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unconsented

unconsented

1 8.1
Happens without someone's permission
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnkənˈsɛntɪd/
  • NSFW
translation icon : sin consentimiento
  • It's definitely battery, though—unconsented touching.

Examples

  • Hiring tax cheats to run the treasury, and unvetted, unconsented "czars" who are clearly communist or Marxist to heal the economy?

    Blog text (20)
  • The dispute in the case was not over the existence of a rule prohibiting unconsented-to entry into another state's sovereign airspace, but rather the application of a circumstance precluding wrongfulness.

    Academic text (2017)
  • And what you don't realize is that you've just been the victim of a unconsented heart transplant.

  • But the hospital also inspires troubling rumors, the most alarming of which involves a general distrust of Caesarean sections owing to fears of unconsented sterilization.

    Academic text (2009)
  • The patient underwent surgery that involved unconsented procedures, raising serious ethical concerns.

  • Many activists are speaking out against unconsented medical experiments conducted on vulnerable populations.

  • The documentary highlighted the issue of unconsented data collection by tech companies without users' knowledge.

Synonyms

nonconsensual
vsunconsented
  • Offensive
3 8.4

Something done without a person's permission

is done without any single person's permission or agreement
unconsenting
vsunconsented
  • NSFW
7.5

A person who has not given permission for something to happen

is about acts or events happening without someone's permission
nonconsenting
vsunconsented
  • Offensive
7.2

Not giving permission for something to happen

is broader focusing on actions done without permission rather than on people
non-con
vsunconsented
  • Offensive
9.9

Not agreed to by everyone involved, often about sex

is the general term for events done without permission or agreement

How Consensual

consensual
77 6.1
unconsented
  • NSFW
1 8.1
forced
3.4

Surface Forms

unconsented positive

Morphology

unconsented = consented (transparent) = un + consent + ed

The adjective is formed by adding the negating prefix 'un-' to the participial adjective 'consented', yielding the straightforward meaning 'not consented'.

Etymology

The word unconsented is made of un- meaning 'not' and consent meaning 'permission' or a 'yes'. So unconsented describes something done without a person's agreement or permission, in other words without their 'yes'.