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unauthorized

unauthorized adjective: not having any authority.

Adjective

unauthorized (not comparable)

  1. Not having any authority.
  2. Without official authorization.
    • The dangers of scofflawry vary wildly. The person who illegally spits on the sidewalk remains disgusting, but clearly poses less risk to others than the company that illegally buries hazardous chemical waste in an unauthorized location.1983 January 24, Frank Trippett, “Essay: A Red Light for Scofflaws”, in Time

unauthorized meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

unauthorized in Hindi

not having any authority
अनधिकृत andhikŕt
without official authorization
अनधिकृत andhikŕt

unauthorized in Tamil

உரிமைபெறாத, அதிகாரமற்ற, அத்தாட்சியில்லாத

unauthorized in Marathi

अनधिकृत, अनअधिकृत

unauthorized in Urdu

غیر مجاز
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unauthorized in Bengali
অনধিকার, অবৈধ, অননুমত, অনধিকারী
unauthorized in Malayalam
അനധികൃതമായ, അംഗീകൃതമല്ലാത്ത, അനൗപചാരിക, ഔദ്യോഗികാംഗീകാരമില്ലാത്ത
unauthorized in Kannada
ಅನಧಿಕೃತವಾಗಿದೆ
unauthorized in Punjabi
ਅਣਅਧਿਕਾਰਤ, ਅਣ-ਅਧਿਕਾਰਤ
unauthorized in Gujarati
બિનઅધિકૃત
unauthorized in Odia
ଅନଧିକୃତ, ଅନନୁମୋଦିତ, ଅନାଧିକୃତ
unauthorized in Nepali
अनधिकृत, अनाधिकृत, गैर-अधिकृत

Examples of unauthorized in a sentence

  • Staff prevent unauthorized access to the building.
  • Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited.
  • Accessing unauthorized files violates security protocol.

All 26 example sentences with unauthorized

Forms of unauthorized

alternative formunauthorised

Origin of unauthorized

From un- + authorized.

Words formed from unauthorized

Phrases with unauthorized

Questions about unauthorized

What does unauthorized mean?
Unauthorized means not having any authority.
What is unauthorized in Hindi?
Unauthorized in Hindi is अनधिकृत (andhikŕt). See Unauthorized meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is unauthorized?
Unauthorized is an adjective.

Words near unauthorized in the dictionary

  1. unauthoritative
  2. unauthoritatively
  3. unauthoritativeness
  4. unauthorizable
  5. unauthorize
  6. unauthorized
  7. unauthorized term
  8. unauthorized terms
  9. unauthorizedly
  10. unauthorizedness
  11. unauthorizes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: unauthorized (page history and authors); unauthorized (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unauthorized (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unauthorized (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unauthorized (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unauthorized (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); unauthorized (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unauthorized (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unauthorized (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unauthorized (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unauthorized (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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