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UNAPPROVED

Definition: UNAPPROVED

UNAPPROVED

Adjective

1. Not proved.

2. Not approved.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "UNAPPROVED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1609. (references)


Synonyms within Context: UNAPPROVED

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Disapprobation

Disapproved, chid;Verb: in bad odor, blown upon, unapproved; unblest; at a discount, exploded; weighed in the balance and found wanting.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: UNAPPROVED

Specialty definitions using "UNAPPROVED": Cross-Connectioninews, INSPECTOR, HEATING AND REFRIGERATIONPLAN CHECKER. (references)

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Commercial Usage: UNAPPROVED

DomainTitle

Books

  • Aviation safety : do unapproved parts pose a safety risk? : hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management and the District of Columbia of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, fir (reference)

  • Cancer patient access to unapproved treatments : hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, second session, February 29, 1996 (reference)

  • Catholics: An Unauthorized, Unapproved, Illustrated Guide (reference)

  • Problems in securing informed consent of subjects in experimental trials of unapproved drugs and devices : hearing before the Subcommittee on Regulation, Business Opportunities, and Technology of the Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives, (reference)

  • Promotion of drugs and medical devices for unapproved uses : hearing before the Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, J (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  • Grand Rapids Planning Commission Proceedings - Agenda Package And Unapproved Minutes (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: UNAPPROVED

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Drugs such as amphetamines and thyroid derivatives are unsafe and unapproved. (references)

The staff explains the steps to follow in requesting access to unapproved products. (references)

For example, a kidney cancer patient called recently asking for access to an unapproved biologic therapy. (references)

Business

All approved food additives are listed in the Korea Food Additive Code and unapproved materials must go through the proper channels for code listing. (references)

When KFDA approves an ingredient, it also sets standard specifications of each ingredient and specific types of food products it can or cannot be used for. Even if an ingredient is approved, it cannot be used for unapproved product types. (references)

Children

Ghana

In September the Ghana Education Service (GES) froze all fees charged by Senior Secondary Schools (SSS) for all unapproved items. (references)

Civil Liberties

China

Offenses related to membership in unapproved religious groups are classified as crimes of disturbing the social order. (references)

China

Authorities in some areas continued a concerted effort to crack down on the activities of unapproved Catholic and Protestant churches. (references)

Human Rights

Uzbekistan

Akhmadalieva was held for 2 months without charges, before being charged with possessing unapproved Islamist literature. (references)

Political Economy

China

Unapproved religious groups, including Protestant and Catholic groups and members of nontraditional religious groups, continued to experience varying degrees of official interference, harassment, and repression. (references)

China

In some areas, authorities guided by national policy made strong efforts to control the activities of unapproved Catholic and Protestant churches; religious services were broken up and church leaders or adherents were harassed, and, at times, fined, detained, beaten, and tortured. (references)

Trade

Ghana

Improperly identified food and drugs are held for testing by the Ghana Standards Board (GSB) where approved goods are released upon payment of a fine and unapproved goods are confiscated for disposal. (references)

Japan

Approval is generally required to sell a product or even to display it in a trade event; unapproved medical equipment may be displayed if accompanied by a sign indicating that the product is not yet approved for sale. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: UNAPPROVED

"UNAPPROVED" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "UNAPPROVED" is used about 24 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%2471,196

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: UNAPPROVED

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

drug unapproved

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: UNAPPROVED

Language Translations for "UNAPPROVED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i paaprovuar. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

неодобрен. (various references)

   

German

  

nicht genehmigt. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

無認可 (lack of approval). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

むに"か (lack of approval). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

approvedunay

   

Russian 

  

неутвержденный. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

onaylanmamış (unacknowledged, unattested, uncertified, unconfirmed, unrecognized, unsanctioned), izin verilmemiş. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: UNAPPROVED

Misspellings

"UNAPPROVED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: unapprove, unapprovedd. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "UNAPPROVED"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "UNAPPROVED" (pronounced u'nupruw"vd)
6-u p r uw" v dapproved, disapproved.
5-p r uw" v ddisproved, improved, proved, unimproved, unproved.
3-uw" v dmoved, removed, unmoved.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: UNAPPROVED

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-n-o-p-p-r-u-v"

-2 letters: approved, unproved, vapoured.

-3 letters: approve, aproned, operand, padrone, pandore, pandour, parvenu, pounder, propane, propend, rondeau, undrape, unpaved, unroped, vapored.

-4 letters: append, around, dapper, devour, enduro, napped, napper, pander, pardon, pauper, ponder, poured, proved, proven, pruned, rapped, rappen, repand, rouped, undoer, unread, unrove, updove, vapour, vendor.

-5 letters: adore, adorn, anode, apron, arpen, daven, denar, devon.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Bibliography


  

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