unlicensed

[uhn-lahy-suh nst]

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adjective

having no license.
done or undertaken without license or permission; unauthorized.
unrestrained; unbridled.

Origin of unlicensed

1600–10; un-¹ + licensed

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Examples from the Web for unlicensed

Contemporary Examples

In the second season she spends afternoons rehearsing for a musical and buying an unlicensed gun for her clone friend.
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Sujay Kumar
April 19, 2014
But both in the U.S. and overseas, mechanics who are unlicensed and have not undergone screening are used.
Why Planes Fall Apart
Clive Irving
April 2, 2011
And while practicing medicine without a license is a felony, working as an unlicensed dentist is only a misdemeanor.
The Fake Dentist Murder
Winston Ross
March 15, 2010
“Not for at least six years,” the unlicensed plumber announced.
The Wildest Moments From CPAC
Max Blumenthal
March 2, 2009

Historical Examples

You see all this took place because they were dancing in an unlicensed room.
Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II.
Pierce Egan
They accepted shame, and were one with it in their most unlicensed pleasures.
The Rainbow
D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
Unlicensed Undertakers were not wanting, much to his disgust.
Sir Walter Ralegh
William Stebbing
A hoveller is an unlicensed pilot or boatman, particularly on the Kentish coast.
A Floating Home
Cyril Ionides
Charles discovered some displeasure at this unlicensed ribaldry.
The Town
Leigh Hunt

British Dictionary definitions for unlicensed

unlicensed

adjective

having no licencean unlicensed restaurant
without permission; unauthorized
unrestrained or lawless

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for unlicensed

adj.

1630s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of licence (v.).

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Examples from the Web for unlicensed

Contemporary Examples

In the second season she spends afternoons rehearsing for a musical and buying an unlicensed gun for her clone friend.

But both in the U.S. and overseas, mechanics who are unlicensed and have not undergone screening are used.

And while practicing medicine without a license is a felony, working as an unlicensed dentist is only a misdemeanor.

“Not for at least six years,” the unlicensed plumber announced.

Historical Examples

You see all this took place because they were dancing in an unlicensed room.

They accepted shame, and were one with it in their most unlicensed pleasures.

Unlicensed Undertakers were not wanting, much to his disgust.

A hoveller is an unlicensed pilot or boatman, particularly on the Kentish coast.

Charles discovered some displeasure at this unlicensed ribaldry.

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Word Origin and History for unlicensed

adj.

Origin of unlicensed