"unofficial" meaning in English

See unofficial in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ʌn.əˈfɪʃ.əl/ Forms: more unofficial [comparative], most unofficial [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪʃəl Etymology: From un- + official. Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|official|id1=negative}} un- + official Head templates: {{en-adj}} unofficial (comparative more unofficial, superlative most unofficial)
  1. Not officially established.
    Sense id: en-unofficial-en-adj-Otduueg6 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- (negative) Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un- (negative): 23 23 26 28
  2. Not officially established.
    Implicitly true but withheld and/or contradicted by authority.
    Translations (implicitly true but unauthorized): непотвърден (nepotvǎrden) (Bulgarian), 裏向きの (uramuki no) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-unofficial-en-adj-q7rXwCB3 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- (negative) Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un- (negative): 23 23 26 28 Disambiguation of 'implicitly true but unauthorized': 10 68 8 14
  3. Not acting with official authority.
    Sense id: en-unofficial-en-adj-h68XdXE- Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- (negative) Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un- (negative): 23 23 26 28
  4. (pharmacology) Not listed in a national pharmacopeia etc. Categories (topical): Pharmacology
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: inofficial [rare] Derived forms: unofficial farthing, unofficiality, unofficially, unofficialness Translations (not official): jozyrtar (Albanian), неафіцы́йны (njeaficýjny) (Belarusian), неофициален (neoficialen) (Bulgarian), 非官方 (fēiguānfāng) (Chinese Mandarin), neoficiální (Czech), uofficiel (Danish), officieus (Dutch), neoficiala (Esperanto), epävirallinen (Finnish), officieux (French), inoffiziell (German), ανεπίσημος (anepísimos) (Greek), nem hivatalos (Hungarian), ufficioso [masculine] (Italian), 非公認 (hikōnin) (Japanese), 非公式 (hikōshiki) (Japanese), 비공식적 (bigongsikjeok) (Korean), inofficialis (Latin), manakore (Maori), nieoficjalny [masculine] (Polish), extraoficial (Portuguese), neoficial [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), неофициа́льный (neoficiálʹnyj) (Russian), extraoficial (Spanish), oficioso (Spanish), inofficiell (Swedish), gayriresmi (Turkish), gayrı resmi (Turkish), неофіці́йний (neoficíjnyj) (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'not official': 18 18 35 30
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          "ref": "2022 August 24, Philip Haigh, “Network News: Union slams Avanti West Coast: 'lie' as services slashed”, in RAIL, number 964, page 6:",
          "text": "Drivers' union ASLEF bluntly rebuffed the claim of unofficial action, calling it a lie. And Avanti West Coast was unable to provide any proof for its assertion, when questioned by RAIL.",
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      "word": "非官方"
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    },
    {
      "form": "most unofficial",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "unofficial (comparative more unofficial, superlative most unofficial)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "the unofficial results of the ballot"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 May 5, Danette Chavez, “Campaigns are Waged On and Off the Game Of Thrones Battlefield (Newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2021-01-28:",
          "text": "And even though their numbers have been halved—that’s the unofficial tally given in one of the strategy sessions—everyone from Sansa to Daenerys to Varys is wondering who is going to rule over which pile of smoking ruins.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not officially established."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "official",
          "official"
        ],
        [
          "establish",
          "establish"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The unofficial reason for invading the nation, however, was to control their resources."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not officially established.",
        "Implicitly true but withheld and/or contradicted by authority."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "official",
          "official"
        ],
        [
          "establish",
          "establish"
        ],
        [
          "Implicit",
          "implicit"
        ],
        [
          "withheld",
          "withhold"
        ],
        [
          "contradict",
          "contradict"
        ],
        [
          "authority",
          "authority"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "an unofficial adviser"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 August 24, Philip Haigh, “Network News: Union slams Avanti West Coast: 'lie' as services slashed”, in RAIL, number 964, page 6:",
          "text": "Drivers' union ASLEF bluntly rebuffed the claim of unofficial action, calling it a lie. And Avanti West Coast was unable to provide any proof for its assertion, when questioned by RAIL.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not acting with official authority."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "authority",
          "authority"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Pharmacology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not listed in a national pharmacopeia etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pharmacology",
          "pharmacology"
        ],
        [
          "pharmacopeia",
          "pharmacopeia"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(pharmacology) Not listed in a national pharmacopeia etc."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "pharmacology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʌn.əˈfɪʃ.əl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪʃəl"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "inofficial"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "not official",
      "word": "jozyrtar"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njeaficýjny",
      "sense": "not official",
      "word": "неафіцы́йны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neoficialen",
      "sense": "not official",
      "word": "неофициален"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fēiguānfāng",
      "sense": "not official",
      "word": "非官方"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not official",
      "word": "neoficiální"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "not official",
      "word": "uofficiel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not official",
      "word": "officieus"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "not official",
      "word": "neoficiala"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not official",
      "word": "epävirallinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not official",
      "word": "officieux"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not official",
      "word": "inoffiziell"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anepísimos",
      "sense": "not official",
      "word": "ανεπίσημος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not official",
      "word": "nem hivatalos"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not official",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ufficioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hikōnin",
      "sense": "not official",
      "word": "非公認"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hikōshiki",
      "sense": "not official",
      "word": "非公式"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bigongsikjeok",
      "sense": "not official",
      "word": "비공식적"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "not official",
      "word": "inofficialis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not official",
      "word": "manakore"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not official",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nieoficjalny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not official",
      "word": "extraoficial"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not official",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "neoficial"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neoficiálʹnyj",
      "sense": "not official",
      "word": "неофициа́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not official",
      "word": "extraoficial"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not official",
      "word": "oficioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not official",
      "word": "inofficiell"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "not official",
      "word": "gayriresmi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "not official",
      "word": "gayrı resmi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "neoficíjnyj",
      "sense": "not official",
      "word": "неофіці́йний"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nepotvǎrden",
      "sense": "implicitly true but unauthorized",
      "word": "непотвърден"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "uramuki no",
      "sense": "implicitly true but unauthorized",
      "word": "裏向きの"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unofficial"
}

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