Unofficial

  • 1unofficial — un‧of‧fi‧cial [ˌʌnəˈfɪʆl◂] adjective 1. without formal approval and permission from the organization or person in authority: • He made his complaint through unofficial channels. 2. not made publicly known as part of an official plan: • Our… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 2unofficial — I adjective casual, informal, not to be quoted, off the record, personal, unauthoritative, unauthorized, unendorsed, without authority, without ceremony associated concepts: unofficial ruling II index informal, interim …

    Law dictionary

  • 3unofficial — 1798, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + OFFICIAL (Cf. official). Related: Unofficially …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 4unofficial — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not officially authorized or confirmed. DERIVATIVES unofficially adverb …

    English terms dictionary

  • 5unofficial — [spelling only] …

    English World dictionary

  • 6unofficial — [[t]ʌ̱nəfɪ̱ʃ(ə)l[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n An unofficial action or statement is not organized or approved by a person or group in authority. Staff voted to continue an unofficial strike in support of seven colleagues who were dismissed last week...… …

    English dictionary

  • 7unofficial — adjective a) Not officially established. the unofficial results of the ballot b) Not acting with official authority. an unofficial adviser Syn: inofficial …

    Wiktionary

  • 8unofficial — un|of|fi|cial [ˌʌnəˈfıʃəl] adj 1.) done or produced without formal approval or permission ▪ Hodges wrote an unofficial biography of the artist. 2.) not done as part of your job ▪ The President made an unofficial visit to the Senator s house.… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 9unofficial — un|of|fi|cial [ ,ʌnə fıʃl ] adjective not organized or formally approved by anyone in authority: The union is to take unofficial strike action next Tuesday. a. not having an official position or status: He has become the president s unofficial… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 10unofficial — adjective 1 without formal approval and permission from the organization or person in authority: unofficial experiments carried out in secret laboratories 2 not made publicly known as part of an official plan: The President made an unofficial… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English