adj
Meaning 1
Not licensed; not officially authorized.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unlicensed
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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/ˌʌnˈlaɪsənst/
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[ˌʌnˈlaɪsn̩st]
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 N L AY1 S AH0 N S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Without permission.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Free from requiring a license.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
lacking official approval
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unaccredited, unlicenced
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 licensed English unlicensed From un- + licensed.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: uautoriseret — not licensed
- Galician: sen licenza — not licensed
- German: nicht lizenziert — not licensed
- German: nicht zugelassen — not licensed
- Icelandic: próflaus — not licensed
- Japanese: 無免許の (mumenkyo no) — not licensed
- Japanese: 潜りの (moguri no) — not licensed
- Portuguese: não licenciado — not licensed
- Romanian: nelicențiat — not licensed
- Russian: нелицензионный (nelicenzionnyj) — not licensed
- Turkish: lisanssız — not licensed
Real reading context