unofficial
/ʌn.əˈfɪʃ.əl/
unofficial adjective: not officially established.
Adjective
unofficial (comparative more unofficial, superlative most unofficial)
- Not officially established.
- the unofficial results of the ballot
- 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.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 28 Jan 2021
- Not acting with official authority.
- an unofficial adviser
- 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.2022 August 24, Philip Haigh, “Network News: Union slams Avanti West Coast: 'lie' as services slashed”, in RAIL, number 964, page 6
- Not listed in a national pharmacopeia etc.
unofficial meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
unofficial in Hindi
- not official
- अनाधिकारिक anādhikārik, अनधिकृत andhikŕt
unofficial in Tamil
- அலுவல் முறைசாரா
unofficial in Marathi
- अनऑफिशियल, अनऑफिशियली
unofficial in Urdu
- غیرسرکاری
More languagesFewer languages
- unofficial in Bengali
- অক্রমিক okromik
- unofficial in Telugu
- అనధికారిక
- unofficial in Malayalam
- അനൗപചാരിക, അനൗദ്യോഗികമായ, ആധികാരികമല്ലാത്ത, സ്ഥിരീകരിക്കാത്ത
- unofficial in Kannada
- ಅನಧಿಕಾರಿಕ
- unofficial in Gujarati
- બિનસત્તાવાર, અનઓફિશિયલ
- unofficial in Odia
- ଅଣଆନୁଷ୍ଠାନିକ
- unofficial in Sanskrit
- अनाधिकारिक anādhikārika
- unofficial in Nepali
- अनअधिकारिक
Examples of unofficial in a sentence
- English is spoken here as an unofficial language and lingua franca.
- The Kelantanese dinar is an unofficial currency.
- The company believes the stolen chocolate bars could surface through unofficial sales channels across European markets.
Synonyms of unofficial
Antonyms
Forms of unofficial
| comparative | more unofficial |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unofficial |
Origin of unofficial
From un- + official.
Words formed from unofficial
Phrases with unofficial
Words that rhyme with unofficial
- official
- superficial
- artificial
- judicial
- beneficial
- initial
- prejudicial
- adventitial
- comitial
- extrajudicial
- interstitial
- sacrificial
16 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about unofficial
- What does unofficial mean?
- Unofficial means not officially established.
- What is unofficial in Hindi?
- Unofficial in Hindi is अनाधिकारिक (anādhikārik), अनधिकृत (andhikŕt). See Unofficial meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is unofficial?
- Unofficial is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce unofficial?
- Unofficial is pronounced /ʌn.əˈfɪʃ.əl/.
Words near unofficial in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: unofficial (page history and authors); unofficial (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unofficial (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unofficial (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অক্রমিক (Bengali) (page history and authors); unofficial (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unofficial (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); unofficial (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unofficial (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unofficial (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); अनाधिकारिक (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); unofficial (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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