adj
Meaning 1
Not officially established.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- the unofficial results of the ballot
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unofficial
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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/ʌn.əˈfɪʃ.əl/
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rhymes with -ɪʃəl
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CMU ARPABET: AH2 N AH0 F IH1 SH AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Not officially established.
Implicitly true but withheld and/or contradicted by authority.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The unofficial reason for invading the nation, however, was to control their resources.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Not acting with official authority.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- an unofficial adviser
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Not listed in a national pharmacopeia etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
not having official authority or sanction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a sort of unofficial mayor
- an unofficial estimate
- he participated in an unofficial capacity
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: official
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
not officially established
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the early election returns are unofficial
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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 official English unofficial From un- + official.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: jozyrtar — not official
- Belarusian: неафіцы́йны (njeaficýjny) — not official
- Bulgarian: неофициален (neoficialen) — not official
- Chinese Mandarin: 非官方 (fēiguānfāng) — not official
- Czech: neoficiální — not official
- Danish: uofficiel — not official
- Dutch: officieus — not official
- Esperanto: neoficiala — not official
- Finnish: epävirallinen — not official
- French: officieux — not official
- French: inofficiel — not official
- German: inoffiziell — not official
- Greek: ανεπίσημος (anepísimos) — not official
- Hindi: अनाधिकारिक (anādhikārik) — not official
- Hindi: अनधिकृत (andhikŕt) — not official
- Hungarian: nem hivatalos — not official
- Italian: ufficioso — not official
- Japanese: 非公認 (hikōnin) — not official
- Japanese: 非公式 (hikōshiki) — not official
- Korean: 비공식적 (bigongsikjeok) — not official
- Latin: inofficialis — not official
- Māori: manakore — not official
- Polish: nieoficjalny — not official
- Portuguese: extraoficial — not official
- Romanian: neoficial — not official
- Russian: неофициа́льный (neoficiálʹnyj) — not official
- Spanish: extraoficial — not official
- Spanish: oficioso — not official
- Swedish: inofficiell — not official
- Turkish: gayriresmi — not official
- Turkish: gayrı resmi — not official
- Ukrainian: неофіці́йний (neoficíjnyj) — not official
- Bulgarian: непотвърден (nepotvǎrden) — implicitly true but unauthorized
- Japanese: 裏向きの (uramuki no) — implicitly true but unauthorized
Real reading context