Skip to main content
unsponsored

unsponsored

1 5.2
Not paid for or supported by a company
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈspɒnsərd/
translation icon : no patrocinado
  • This film received no funding and was entirely unsponsored by any organization.

And we're going to find out today in our unsponsored full review.

Autoplay Next

Examples

  • Early on in the car we spoke about sponsor post not doing as well as uns like non sponsored unsponsored posts.

  • The 1962 regulations had simply replaced nationality with "education, training, skills, or other special qualifications" as the major criteria in the selection of unsponsored immigrants.

    Academic text (2005)
  • And we're going to find out today in our unsponsored full review.

  • But the big surprise up to now is the car running in fourth position, an unsponsored independent driven by Junior Jackson.

  • To those who do not read, attend the theater, listen to unsponsored radio programs or know anything of the world in which you live, it is perhaps necessary to introduce myself.

  • Rituximab was provided as an off-label, unsponsored medication, and all patients were informed of potential adverse effects and risks.

    Blog text (30)
  • Whereas selection for the unsponsored movement was directly based on nationality, thanks to a list of "preferred" countries, sponsored immigration was theoretically open worldwide.

    Academic text (2005)
  • All over the country spontaneously, unsponsored, hundreds of Matthews for President Clubs sprang up overnight.

  • Until the 1962 regulations, there were two broad categories of immigrants to Canada: unsponsored immigrants, who had to go through a selection process, and sponsored immigrants, those who had relatives in Canada willing to answer for them, and who were not submitted to any selection.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The teaching artists do not usually come unsponsored, but are sent forth by local arts councils, regional theatres, local museums, literary centers, local symphonies, and community schools of music and the arts.

    Academic text (1994)

Synonyms

unbacked
vsunsponsored
1 7.2

Without support from other people or groups

focuses more on missing sponsor or organizational support
nonfunded
vsunsponsored
5.7

Not given money to pay for it

is broader and covers missing sponsor promotion or backing
unendorsed
vsunsponsored
6.0

Not officially approved by an authority or group

refers instead to absence of sponsor funding or promotion

Surface Forms

unsponsored positive

Morphology

unsponsored = sponsored (transparent) = un + sponsor + ed

The adjective is formed by adding the negative prefix 'un-' to 'sponsored', yielding the straightforward meaning 'not sponsored'.

Etymology

Unsponsored starts with un- meaning 'not' and the word sponsor, which is a person or group who promises money or help. So unsponsored means 'not supported, paid for, or promoted by someone else'.