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unauthorized

[ uhn-aw-thuh-rahyzd ]

adjective

  1. lacking permission; unsanctioned:

    unauthorized access.

  2. lacking proper immigration or working papers: an unauthorized immigrant.

    an unauthorized worker;

    an unauthorized immigrant.



unauthorized

/ ʌnˈɔːθəˌraɪzd /

adjective

  1. not having official permission


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Word History and Origins

Origin of unauthorized1

First recorded in 1595–1600; un- 1( def ) + authorized ( def )

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Example Sentences

Signs on the new metal fencing warned unauthorized visitors to “keep out.”

To be safe though, if you discover some sort of unauthorized access, we’d still recommend changing your password.

The warrant alleges that Jones gained unauthorized access to state Department of Health systems in November to send an unauthorized message to employees and to download a list of contact information for approximately 19,000 people.

So in 2015, a year and a half after Hanzawa built the unauthorized walls, board members, who are appointed by the governor, gathered in the department’s downtown Honolulu office building to review the case.

Given the implications of unauthorized “mind control,” that’s probably less of a bug and more of a feature.

And the rate reaches 94 percent for unauthorized foreign men.

In 2008, Disney sued a family that bought unauthorized Tigger and Eeyore costumes on Ebay for $1 million plus legal costs.

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

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

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

The unauthorized writing out and sending of a telegram in another person's name is a forgery.

It appears that D'Erlanger endeavored to sweep these into his drag-net, and obtain commission and brokerage wholly unauthorized.

A tolerant but apparently unauthorized act of the chancellor furnished the occasion.

The public hangman refused to execute the sentence of an unauthorized tribunal.

But if on that warrant he sells my Writing-Desk for that sum, I am not bound by his unauthorized act.

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