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unaccredited

American  
[uhn-uh-kred-it-id] / ˌʌn əˈkrɛd ɪt ɪd /

adjective

  1. not accredited.


Example Sentences

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Many fitness professionals advise people to watch out for unaccredited trainers who increase the current too quickly or make it too strong.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

She later enrolled at the People’s College of Law, an unaccredited law school in downtown, where she rubbed shoulders with other Latino political luminaries such as Gil Cedillo and future L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025

They said because "all forms of provision are currently under pressure" this may include unregistered or unaccredited providers "from time to time" to children losing out on education entirely.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2025

The Wet Mountain Tribune reported that his academic degree came from an unaccredited university that didn’t hold classes or give written exams.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2023

He gives vent ruefully to the belief that Bismarck regarded him as an unaccredited agent of the Empress, while, curiously enough, the partisans of the Empress took him for an emissary of Bismarck.

From Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places by Forbes, Archibald