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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.
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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
This border is very porous, you will not know who has passed if the person went through the unofficial border posts, in most cases. Now there is anxiety and so on. We have heightened our alertness.
Despite their client's rhetoric in the press, we've been in communication with legal counsel for the California Republican Party and they have committed to a number of significant concessions in their ballot collection activities, among other things, they will not make available or condone the use of unstaffed, unsecured unofficial ballot drop boxes.
I agreed to answer questions from bipartisan House staff in any officially authorized meeting or interview as I have already done for two Senate Judiciary and Intelligence Committees committees, rep. Schiff's staff actually gave less than 60 minutes notice to committee Republicans regarding both the existence of and the opportunity to attend this unofficial, unauthorized meeting of Democrat only members. This was not what had been agreed to from the beginning between the respective attorneys, so we declined to appear.
I thought, by God, that's the end of us, he did not flinch and he didn't back down. He was a brave man. But he was more than just brave. He was a first-rate journalist. When Claude was around, we all gathered in his room to compare notes. He was the kind of unofficial squad leader of the reporters covering civil rights.
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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