unapproved
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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It warned ships not to attempt to transit the key trade waterway via routes unapproved by Tehran.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
A spokesperson told the BBC: "Any retatrutide available online is unapproved, unverified and simply not worth the risk."
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
It has warned outsourcing facilities for repackaging the drug, telehealth companies for marketing the unapproved drug to consumers, and distributors for selling retatrutide to compounders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
“What is being sold on the black market is not a medicine — it is entirely unverified, unapproved and not worth the risk,” David Hyman, Lilly’s chief medical officer, said in a news release.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
The flagellants were a phenomenon of seething, popular passion, outside of the church and unapproved by its authority.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner
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