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Definitions for unofficial
un·of·fi·cial
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Princeton's WordNet
unofficialadjective
not having official authority or sanction
"a sort of unofficial mayor"; "an unofficial estimate"; "he participated in an unofficial capacity"
unofficialadjective
not officially established
"the early election returns are unofficial"
Wiktionary
unofficialadjective
Not officially established.
the unofficial results of the ballot
unofficialadjective
Not acting with official authority.
an unofficial adviser
unofficialadjective
Not listed in a national pharmacopeia &c.
ChatGPT
unofficial
Unofficial refers to something that is not formally acknowledged, authorized, or accepted by a person, institution, or governing body. It can relate to rules, actions, statements, events, roles, or positions that do not have the official endorsement or recognition.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Unofficial
un-o-fish′al, adj. not official.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of unofficial in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of unofficial in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of unofficial in a Sentence
Just to save 1 percent, some customers were earlier buying gold without receipts. With the 3-percent GST, now many more will be tempted to make unofficial purchases from small jewelers.
From a preliminary look conducted in Portland, it looked like microcystis, the toxic blue-green algae, but that's totally unofficial.
Chinese imports of [ Metallurgical ] coal has been muted given unofficial import controls.
This meeting in Trump Tower in the summer of 2016 was just another illustration that they're ready to do any avenues, any methods to try to get to this goal, including using unofficial proxies.
The United States government maintains relationships with unofficial partners around the world, and Taiwan is no exception. ... Today’s statement recognizes that the U.S.-Taiwan relationship need not, and should not, be shackled by self-imposed restrictions of our permanent bureaucracy.
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