commission
noun
the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
uncommissioned
-
a word derived from
commission.
Example Sentences
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Because Sargent painted a portrait of him which, uncommissioned and untitled, is one of the great portraits of his career.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2020
Estudio 314’s rendering adopts a Barragán colour scheme with an equally faithful lack of ornament, though the studio has a little fun with other features in this imaginative, uncommissioned proposal.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 5, 2016
The gallery will not have what is bound to be one of the artist's most interesting works: an uncommissioned portrait of John F. Kennedy that Jamie has been working on for the last four months.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nor is the fault in humanity at large: for love and faith have leapt forth profusely in the olden time, at the summons of "unacknowledged," "uncommissioned" powers of good.
From A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) by Mrs. Sutherland Orr
So you have, Skeff; but as a man rises in the service, he forgets the name of the uncommissioned officers.
From Tony Butler by Charles James Lever
