unauthorized

unauthorized [uhn-aw-thuh-rahyzd] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for unauthorized on Thesaurus.com adjective

lacking permission; unsanctioned: unauthorized access.
lacking proper immigration or working papers: an unauthorized worker;an unauthorized immigrant.

Origin of unauthorized First recorded in 1595–1600; un-1 + authorized Usage note 2. See illegal alien. Related Words for unauthorized unwarranted, wrongful, unofficial, illegal, unconstitutional, unlawful, unjustified, illegitimate, pirated, unapproved, crooked, dirty, shady, wildcat, no-no, unsanctioned Examples from the Web for unauthorized Contemporary Examples of unauthorized

And the rate reaches 94 percent for unauthorized foreign men.

Veronique de Rugy

December 7, 2014

How unauthorized naked pics of Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, and other celebrities lost the power to shock or shame.

Nick Gillespie

September 3, 2014

Is The Unauthorized Saved By the Bell Story the worst movie that has ever been made for television?

Kevin Fallon

September 2, 2014

These stories, however, apparently were too unauthorized for inclusion in the unauthorized story of Saved By the Bell.

Kevin Fallon

September 2, 2014

Or maybe, just maybe, The Unauthorized Saved By the Bell is just plain atrocious.

Kevin Fallon

September 2, 2014

Historical Examples of unauthorized

All concerned had acquiesced in this irregular, unauthorized detention.

Carson Jay Lee

She demanded to know the cause of his unauthorized intrusion.

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Which was about standard fare for unauthorized passage out of the school.

James H Schmitz

Since you’re the only unauthorized person who knows of it, we have two choices.

Henry Slesar

At that time only unauthorized Congregations had been suppressed.

Jane Milliken Napier Brodhead

British Dictionary definitions for unauthorized unauthorized unauthorised adjective

Word Origin and History for unauthorized adj.

1590s, from un- (1) “not” + past participle of authorize.