unofficial
/ (ˌʌnəˈfɪʃəl) /
not official or formal: an unofficial engagement
not confirmed officially: an unofficial report
(of a strike) not approved by the strikers' trade union
(of a medicinal drug) not listed in a pharmacopoeia
Derived forms of unofficial
- unofficially, adverb
Words Nearby unofficial
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How to use unofficial in a sentence
It was just the anonymous artist and his group of pranksters using New York as their unofficial playground.
Catch Him If You Can: Reliving Banksy’s New York Invasion | Alex Suskind | November 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe video was also posted on the Twitter account of “a3maq news,” which acts as an unofficial media arm of ISIS.
ISIS Video: America’s Air Dropped Weapons Now in Our Hands | Josh Rogin | October 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe story of their visit quickly spread among the ‘Gringo Trail’ and McFadden lucked into a business as the unofficial tour guide.
Cocaine, Politicians and Wives: Inside the World’s Most Bizarre Prison | Jason Batansky | October 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTEL AVIV – If hell were a travel destination, Qusay Omran would be its unofficial tour guide.
Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer and the unofficial start of the general election.
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There are also executive and legislative councils, unofficial nominated members serving on the last-named council.
He is assisted by an executive council of three official and three unofficial members.
Congress, though it refused to sanction any unofficial negotiations, sent commissioners from its own body to confer with him.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. | William HuntFor the truth is, no unofficial eye can see the Crown-Prince, or know what state he is in.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. VII. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleThe musicians played energetically, switching now from the hymn to their unofficial little ditty.
Pagan Passions | Gordon Randall Garrett
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