Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.
unofficial — un‧of‧fi‧cial [ˌʌnəˈfɪʆl◂] 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
unofficial — 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
unofficial — 1798, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + OFFICIAL (Cf. official). Related: Unofficially … Etymology dictionary
unofficial — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not officially authorized or confirmed. DERIVATIVES unofficially adverb … English terms dictionary
unofficial — [spelling only] … English World dictionary
unofficial — [[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
unofficial — adjective a) Not officially established. the unofficial results of the ballot b) Not acting with official authority. an unofficial adviser Syn: inofficial … Wiktionary
unofficial — 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
unofficial — 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
unofficial — adjective 1) unofficial figures Syn: unconfirmed, unauthenticated, uncorroborated, unsubstantiated, provisional, off the record Ant: confirmed 2) an unofficial committee Syn: informal … Thesaurus of popular words
