unauthorized
Americanadjective
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lacking permission; unsanctioned.
unauthorized access.
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lacking proper immigration or working papers: an unauthorized immigrant.
an unauthorized worker;
an unauthorized immigrant.
adjective
Sensitive Note
See illegal alien.
Etymology
Origin of unauthorized
First recorded in 1595–1600; un- 1 ( def. ) + authorized ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Google is named as a defendant in the November lawsuit and is accused of “knowingly acquiescing in, failing to remedy, and materially assisting the unauthorized access” into Ritter’s accounts despite being provided notice.
From Los Angeles Times
Rights groups have been critical of some of Balen’s measures, saying they hurt the poor, such as clearing away street vendors from sidewalks and attempting to evict unauthorized settlements from public lands.
Disneyland, which drew more than 17 million domestic and international visitors last year, bans unauthorized events, speeches and the display of banners, including any sign “as part of a demonstration.”
From Los Angeles Times
He alleges that Showtime “through a complex web of hidden accounts, unauthorized transactions, and deliberate concealment of financial records,” wrongly paid some of his earnings to his former manager, Al Haymon.
From Los Angeles Times
It said the suspension will remain in place until Ivoirian authorities provide guarantees that shipments do not contain beans from neighbors "whose phytosanitary status is unknown and whose export to Brazil is of unauthorized origin."
From Barron's
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