accredited

[ uh-kred-i-tid ]

/ əˈkrɛd ɪ tɪd /

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adjective

officially recognized as meeting the essential requirements, as of academic excellence: accredited schools.

provided with official credentials, as by a government: an accredited diplomatic representative.

accepted as authoritative: an accredited theory.

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Origin of accredited

First recorded in 1625–35; accredit + -ed²

non·ac·cred·it·ed, adjectiveun·ac·cred·it·ed, adjectivewell-ac·cred·it·ed, adjective

At an unaccredited college in Utah that was founded by acolytes of right-wing conspiracy-theorist crackpot Cleon Skousen.
Various Bits of Romney-Ryan Bashing All Rolled Into One Post!|Michael Tomasky|October 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The worst of it is, I am the only unaccredited member of the household!
When a Man Marries|Mary Roberts Rinehart
Unaccredited, un-a-kred′i-ted, adj. not accredited or authorised.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
There is a not unaccredited rumour that it was in wresting the revolver from a female hand that Gambetta got wounded.
Lord Lyons: A Record of British Diplomacy, Vol. 2 of 2|Thomas Wodehouse Legh Newton

Jonson, unknown and unaccredited, had offered a play to the theatre.
A Day with William Shakespeare|Maurice Clare
Or rather, perhaps, some inward, unaccredited guardian signalled to him of danger.
The Kindred of the Wild|Charles G. D. Roberts