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
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“What is being done to address increased traffic that will flow on unofficial detour routes,?” asked one community member during a virtual open house on Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
The Real Living Wage, external is an unofficial hourly rate of pay which is overseen by the Living Wage Foundation charity, who say it is set at a rate to meet the cost of living.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
It is an unofficial downtown landmark that was considered chic when it opened as an indoor mall in the 1970s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
In fact, as his unofficial biographer Michael Crick later discovered, Archer's alma mater in the States was, in fact, a bodybuilding club.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
It took two days, but Brandon was finally able to reach Ms. Patrice McMillan, his sister’s AP History teacher and the unofficial curator of the Perkins Memorial Room.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
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