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- adjective Not
authorised ; having noauthority .
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- adjective without official authorization
- adjective not endowed with authority
Etymologies
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Examples
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Fihla said the council was disturbed by what he called unauthorised action taken by union members.
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English-language state TV confirmed that police had used batons and other non-lethal weapons against what it called unauthorised demonstrations.
Mirror.co.uk - News 2009
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English-language state TV confirmed that police had used batons and other non-lethal weapons against what it called unauthorised demonstrations.
icCheshireOnline 2009
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Can you really gain unauthorised access to incredibly interesting places?
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The briefing was described as unauthorised, but No 10 acknowledged it may have taken its eye off the ball, allowing opposition to the bill to re-emerge.
Coalition will force NHS bill on to statute book, says David Cameron 2012
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Merely downloaded copyrighted material “without paying”, even if unauthorised, is not “piracy”.
Bits Debate: Responding to Readers on Filtering - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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The briefing was described as unauthorised, but No 10 acknowledged it may have taken its eye off the ball, allowing opposition to the bill to re-emerge.
The Guardian World News Juliette Jowit 2012
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The briefing was described as unauthorised, but No 10 acknowledged it may have taken its eye off the ball, allowing opposition to the bill to re-emerge.
The Guardian World News Juliette Jowit 2012
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But if going into unauthorised borrowing is a concern, the best deals for short-term unauthorised overdrafts are provided by Nationwide Building Society and HSBC.
This is Money | Home 2009
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But the attempted dismissal was later described as "unauthorised" in a statement on the Concacaf website.
Concacaf in turmoil after 'sacking' of Fifa whistleblower Chuck Blazer 2011
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