unofficial
Britishadjective
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not official or formal
an unofficial engagement
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not confirmed officially
an unofficial report
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(of a strike) not approved by the strikers' trade union
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(of a medicinal drug) not listed in a pharmacopoeia
Other Word Forms
- unofficially adverb
Example Sentences
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I met Molly Hansen, the community’s unofficial historian and naturalist, in her low-ceilinged office near the village center.
From Los Angeles Times
Daily temperature records were broken at LAX and UCLA, she said, where unofficial highs on Wednesday were 88 and 87 degrees, respectively.
From Los Angeles Times
Economy watchers are once again turning to a patchwork of unofficial data as another federal spending impasse has suspended government figures.
This marching song was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in February 1862, and was the unofficial anthem of the Union Army, set to the tune of the also-popular song, “John Brown’s Body.”
Austin was offered a scholarship on Saturday after an unofficial visit to Westwood.
From Los Angeles Times
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