Standard Lemma guide

unauthorized

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 N AO1 TH ER0 AY2 Z D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not having any authority.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Without official authorization.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

not endowed with authority

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unauthorised

Antonyms: authorized

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

without official authorization

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an unauthorized strike
  • wildcat work stoppage

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unauthorised, wildcat

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English authorized English unauthorized From un- + authorized.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: uautoriseret — not having any authority
  • Galician: non autorizado — not having any authority
  • Greek: αυθαίρετος (afthaíretos) — not having any authority
  • Hindi: अनधिकृत (andhikŕt) — not having any authority
  • Romanian: neautorizat — not having any authority
  • Romanian: neîmputernicit — not having any authority
  • Bulgarian: неразрешен (nerazrešen) — without official authorization
  • Bulgarian: неупълномощен (neupǎlnomošten) — without official authorization
  • Czech: neoprávněný — without official authorization
  • Danish: uautoriseret — without official authorization
  • Finnish: luvaton — without official authorization
  • German: unerlaubt — without official authorization
  • Greek: αυθαίρετος (afthaíretos) — without official authorization
  • Hindi: अनधिकृत (andhikŕt) — without official authorization
  • Hungarian: illetéktelen — without official authorization
  • Hungarian: jogtalan — without official authorization
  • Hungarian: engedély nélküli — without official authorization
  • Irish: neamhúdaraithe — without official authorization
  • Māori: pokanoa — without official authorization
  • Māori: manakore — without official authorization
  • Ottoman Turkish: اجازتسز (icazetsiz) — without official authorization
Real reading context

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