unpassed

1 7.2

Not approved or completed by the required process

adjective
/ʌnˈpæst/

: no aprobado

This new act includes significant portions of the unpassed, so-called Patriot Act II, which faced broad opposition from conservatives and liberals alike.

Examples

After several discussions, the project remained unpassed and will be reviewed next year.
The proposal was left unpassed due to a lack of support from the committee.
The legislation remained unpassed after failed attempts to address the public's concerns.

Synonyms

unauthorized

vsunpassed

106 4.5

Not officially allowed to do something

focuses more on approval and process completion than just permission

unsanctioned

vsunpassed

5 7.3

Not officially allowed by the people in charge

covers absence of approval plus unfinished procedural completion

unreviewed

vsunpassed

1 4.1

Not yet checked by someone else for mistakes

is about missing approval or process completion rather than only examination

ungranted

vsunpassed

1 7.3

Not given or allowed after someone asks for it

includes lack of approval and also incomplete required processes

Antonyms

approved

Formal

136 1.5

Officially accepted by a person or group in charge

How Approved

approved

Formal

136 1.5

completed

109 1.0

pending

195 3.0

unpassed

1 7.2

Surface Forms

unpassed positive

Morphology

unpassed = passed (transparent) = un + pass + ed

The adjective 'passed' (approved/completed) is simply negated by 'un-', producing a directly inferable meaning.

Etymology

Unpassed starts with un- meaning 'not' and uses pass which means 'to approve' or 'to go through', as when you 'pass a law' or 'pass a test'. So something unpassed has not been approved or completed.