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nonsanctioned

nonsanctioned adjective: not sanctioned.

Adjective

nonsanctioned (not comparable)

  1. Not sanctioned.
    • The real issue is choosing a parentally nonsanctioned one.2007 January 12, Ginia Bellafante, “Tales of the Urban Jungle and a Forest Full of Music”, in New York Times

Synonyms of nonsanctioned

Origin of nonsanctioned

From non- + sanctioned.

Questions about nonsanctioned

What does nonsanctioned mean?
Nonsanctioned means not sanctioned.
What part of speech is nonsanctioned?
Nonsanctioned is an adjective.

Words near nonsanctioned in the dictionary

  1. nonsanctification
  2. nonsanctified
  3. nonsanctimonious
  4. nonsanction
  5. nonsanctionable
  6. nonsanctioned
  7. nonsanctity
  8. nonsandstone
  9. nonsane
  10. nonsanguine
  11. nonsanitized

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