unpermitted
Americanadjective
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not authorized by a permit; not given official permission.
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not allowed or tolerated under a rule or regulation; prohibited.
Example Sentences
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Consider Chicago, which fines small businesses up to $15,000 a day for unpermitted window signs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
One potential consequence is that an unpermitted insect species could trigger reactions in people allergic to shellfish, which can have the same allergenic proteins.
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026
“This was essentially an unpermitted power plant,” said Amanda Garcia, a senior attorney for the legal nonprofit.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025
Even representatives from the city’s private waste industry are hopeful — despite being on the wrong side of a lawsuit suggesting many of them are delivering unpermitted waste to the Antelope Valley.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025
Permit me, madam, to approach you thus; Thus lowly to present the humble suit Of the much-injured, faithful Earl of Essex, Who dares not, unpermitted, meet your presence.
From The Earl of Essex by Jones, Henry Festing
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