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Definition: Unauthorized |
UnauthorizedAdjective1. Not endowed with authority. 2. Without official authorization; "an unauthorized strike"; "wildcat work stoppage". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unauthorized" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1604. (references) |
Synonyms: UnauthorizedSynonyms: unauthorised (adj), wildcat (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: authorized (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Illegality | Unwarranted, unwarrantable; unauthorized; informal, unofficial; injudicial, extrajudicial. |
Laxity | Relaxed; licensed; reinless, unbridled; anarchical; unauthorized; (unwarranted); adespotic. |
Prohibition | Prohibited; Verb: not permitted; unlicensed, contraband, impermissible, under the ban of; illegal; unauthorized, not to be thought of, uncountenanced, unthinkable, beyond the pale. |
Undueness | Adjective: undue; unlawful; (illegal); unconstitutional; illicit; unauthorized, unwarranted, disallowed, unallowed, unsanctioned, unjustified; unentitled, disentitled, unqualified, disqualified; unprivileged, unchartered. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Movie/TV Titles | Dark Roots: The Unauthorized Anna Nicole (2003) Behind the Camera: Three's Company the Unauthorized Story (2003) John Lumia: Unauthorized (2002) | |
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Steven Wright | I'm writing an unauthorized autobiography. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Today, unauthorized construction has become more general and has spread to the countryside. (references) | |
Many leaders of unauthorized groups were targets of harassment, interrogations, and detention. (references) | ||
Any unauthorized use, duplication or disclosure is prohibited by law and will result in prosecution. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Jordan | The Government claimed that the rallies were unauthorized and unlawful. (references) |
Bahrain | The law prohibits unauthorized public gatherings of more than five persons. (references) | |
Bahrain | Several unauthorized demonstrations occurred in October, November, and December. (references) | |
Economic History | Burma | A number of unauthorized international insurance brokers operate in the local market. (references) |
Australia | No complaints about unauthorized public showings of films have been received for over five years. (references) | |
Jordan | As a result, U.S. companies continue to lose sales to unauthorized reproductions of copyrighted and patented products. (references) | |
Human Rights | Yemen | Unauthorized "private" prisons are a problem. (references) |
Cameroon | Authorities claimed that the houses had been built illegally in an unauthorized zone. (references) | |
Tunisia | In previous years, the LTDH had reported unauthorized home entries and denial of passports. (references) | |
Minorities | Australia | The significant increase in unauthorized boat arrivals from the Middle East during the past 3 years has heightened citizens' concern that "queue jumpers" and alien smugglers are abusing the country's refugee program. (references) |
Czech Republic | In May the Ministry of Interior announced a forceful effort to counter the neo-Nazis, which included increased monitoring of their activities, closer cooperation with police units in neighboring countries, and concentrated efforts to shut down unauthorized concerts and gatherings of neo-Nazi groups. (references) | |
Political Economy | ARGENTINA | Penalties exist under these statutes for unauthorized revelation of trade secrets. (references) |
Political Rights | Uganda | These irregularities included: Insufficient time for voter registration, allegations of vote-buying, unauthorized persons tampering with voter rolls, double voting, persons' names being crossed off the voter list before they voted, and votes being given to President Museveni before the votes were cast. (references) |
Lebanon | Local observers reported that the elections were generally free and fair; however, there were some irregularities, including attempts by government agencies to pressure candidates and voters, the presence of unauthorized persons inside polling stations, and the absence of registration committees on voting day to correct errors in voters lists. (references) | |
Ukraine | A representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe declared that the elections were "far from fair and democratic." OSCE observers noted that unauthorized persons, including SBU officers, were present in polling stations, especially during the runoff election; they also stated that they had received reports of militia involvement in campaigning. (references) | |
Trade | Finland | If the goods are put to unauthorized use or are not exported within the prescribed time (maximum one-year) they must go through normal customs clearance and become liable for relevant duties and taxes. (references) |
Uk | Although sensitive to the extraterritorial application of U.S. law in export controls, the UK authorities cooperate with the U.S. in preventing the re-export of sensitive goods and technology of U.S.-origin to unauthorized destinations, when the enforcement action is based on multilateral controls. (references) | |
Travel | Cote D'ivoire | The import and unauthorized use of illicit drugs or firearms is a particularly serious offense. (references) |
Worker Rights | Swaziland | There also are penalties for employers who conduct unauthorized lockouts. (references) |
Nigeria | The 1992 Export Processing Zones Decree has been criticized by the ILO for not allowing any unauthorized person to enter any EPZ. (references) | |
Algeria | Under the state of emergency, the Government is empowered to require workers in both the public and private sectors to stay at their jobs in the event of an unauthorized or illegal strike. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ARREST, v.t. Formally to detain one accused of unusualness. God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh. The Unauthorized Version |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Unauthorized by the Constitution, without the sanction of Congress, to go beyond the line of defense, the vessel, being disabled from committing further hostilities, was liberated with its crew. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | This doubt has gained strength by the circumstances which have unfolded themselves in the prosecution of the enterprise, which have marked it as a mere private, unauthorized adventure. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Unauthorized" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unauthorized" is used about 116 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 116 | 29,969 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "unauthorized": no entry for unauthorized persons! ♦ no entry to unauthorized ♦ unauthorized absence ♦ unauthorized access ♦ unauthorized by law ♦ unauthorized destruction ♦ unauthorized disclosure of data ♦ unauthorized insurance ♦ unauthorized interception ♦ unauthorized modification of data ♦ unauthorized person ♦ unauthorized processing. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "unauthorized"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | jozyrtar (informal, officious, pragmatic, unceremonious, unofficial), i paautorizuar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | محرم (forbidden, illicit, prohibitive, unlawful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | своеволен (anarchic, anarchical, arbitrary, headstrong, high handed, masterful, opinionated, recalcitrant, self willed, self-opinionated, unmanageable, untoward, unwarranted, wayward, willful), неупълномощен (unwarranted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 未批准 (unauthorised), "自 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nepovolený, neoprávnìný (false, illicit, incompetent, unlawful, unqualified, wrongful), neomluvený. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | uregistreret losseplads (unauthorized dumping), uberettiget begrænsning (unauthorised restriction, unauthorized restriction), ubefoejet udeblivelse fra tjenesten (unauthorized absence), uautoriseret tilgang (unauthorized access), uautoriseret person (unauthorized person), uautoriseret opsnappelse (unauthorized interception), uautoriseret interception (unauthorized interception), uautoriseret forsikring (unauthorised insurance, unauthorized insurance), uautoriseret fjernelse (unauthorised destruction, unauthorized destruction), uautoriseret bruger (unauthorized user), uautoriseret adgang (unauthorised access, unauthorized access), tyverisikring (to prevent the unauthorized use), programmeringsændring fra uvedkommende persons side (unauthorized reprogramming). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | sluikstorting (unauthorized dumping), onregelmatige afwezighed (unauthorized absence), ongeoorloofde herprogrammering (unauthorized reprogramming), onbevoegde toegang (unauthorised access, unauthorized access), onbevoegde onderschepping (unauthorized interception), onbevoegde gebruiker (unauthorized user), onbevoegde derde (unauthorized person), onbevoegde beperking (unauthorised restriction, unauthorized restriction), onbevoegd vernietigen van gegevens (unauthorised destruction, unauthorized destruction), niet-toegelaten verzekering (unauthorised insurance, unauthorized insurance), illegale stortplaats (unauthorized dumping), beveiliging tegen onbevoegd gebruik (device which prevents its use by any unauthorized person), beveiliging tegen het gebruik door onbevoegden (to prevent the unauthorized use). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | valtuuttamaton käyttäjä (unauthorized user), valtuudeton tuhoaminen (unauthorised destruction, unauthorized destruction), valtuudeton sieppaus (unauthorized interception), valtuudeton pääsy (unauthorised access, unauthorized access), valtuudeton henkilö (unauthorized person), luvaton pääsy (unauthorized access), krakkeri (a computer enthusiast who attempts to gain unauthorized access to a computer system, hacker), hakkeri (a computer enthusiast who attempts to gain unauthorized access to a computer system, hacker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | utilisateur non autorisé (unauthorized user), investissement non autorisé (unauthorized investment), absence irrégulière (unauthorized absence), accès non autorisé (unauthorised access, unauthorized access), assurance non agréée (unauthorised insurance, unauthorized insurance), copie non autorisée (unauthorized copying), décharge sauvage (unauthorized dumping), destruction non autorisée (unauthorised destruction, unauthorized destruction), dispositif interdisant tout emploi par une personne non autorisée (device which prevents its use by any unauthorized person), hacker (a computer enthusiast who attempts to gain unauthorized access to a computer system), individu non autorisé (unauthorized person), interception non autorisée (unauthorized interception), modification non autorisée (unauthorized alteration), personne non autorisée (unauthorized person), piocheur (a computer enthusiast who attempts to gain unauthorized access to a computer system), pirate informatique (a computer enthusiast who attempts to gain unauthorized access to a computer system), placement non autorisé (unauthorized investment), protection contre emploi non autorisé (to prevent the unauthorized use), reprogrammation non-autorisée (unauthorized reprogramming), restriction non autorisée (unauthorised restriction, unauthorized restriction), signature usurpatoire (unauthorized signature), tiers non autorisé (unauthorized person), traitement non autorisé (unauthorized processing), installation clandestine (unauthorized installation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | unberechtigt (spurious, unfounded, unjustified, unlicensed, unqualified, unwarranted, unwarrantedly), unbefugt (incompetent, unauthorizedly, unlicensed, unwarranted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ανεξουσιοδότητοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | jogtalan (illegal, illegitimate, lawless, undue, unwarrantable, unwarranted, wrongful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | non autorizzato (unwarranted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 仮 (acting, assumed, fleeting, informal, interim, provisional, temporary, tentative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かり (acting, assumed, borrowing, clip, cut, debt, fleeting, hunting, informal, interim, loan, lower official, potash, potassium, provisional, prune, reap, shear, temporary, trim, wild goose), えっけ" (audience, going beyond authority). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 권한외 (unauthorised). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | authorizedunay não autorizado, ilícito (bootleg, contraband, foul, surreptitious, unlawful), desautorizado. (various references) neautorizat (unwarranted), fãrã autorizaţie. (various references) неразрешенный (unallowed, unresolved), неправомочный. (various references) nepotvrđen (unconfirmed), neozvaničen, neovlašćen (unwarranted), neodobren (unwarranted). (various references) no autorizado. (various references) obehörig (incompetent). (various references) yetkisiz (incompetent, unjustified), resmi olmayan (informal, off the record, unofficial). (various references) неуповноважений, нештатний, недозволений (disorderly, illicit, wildcat). (various references) không được phép; trái phép không chính đáng; lạm dụng. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Unauthorized" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: unautherised, unauthorised, unauthorisedly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unauthorized" (pronounced unô"therī'zd) |
| 6 | -ô" th er ī' z d | authorized, reauthorized. |
| 4 | -er ī' z d | accessorized, burglarized, categorized, characterized, colorized, computerized, containerized, demilitarized, denuclearized, depressurized, familiarized, memorized, mesmerized, militarized, miniaturized, mischaracterized, motorized, pasteurized, plagiarized, polarized, polymerized, popularized, pressurized, pulverized, rubberized, summarized, terrorized, theorized, vaporized, winterized. |
| 3 | -ī' z d | advertised, agonized, aluminized, amortized, analyzed, anglicized, annualized, antagonized, apologized, balkanized, brutalized, capitalized, capsized, caramelized, carbonized, catalyzed, centralized, circumcised, civilized, collateralized, collectivized, colonized, commercialized, compromised, creolized, criminalized, criticized, crystallized, customized, decentralized, demobilized, democratized, demonized, demoralized, denationalized, departmentalized, deputized, desensitized, destabilized, digitized, disenfranchised, disorganized, downsized, dramatized, editorialized, emphasized, energized, enfranchised, epitomized, equalized, eulogized, excised, exercised, fantasized, federalized, fertilized, fictionalized, finalized, formalized, fossilized, galvanized, generalized, globalized, harmonized, hellenized, heroized, homogenized, hospitalized, humanized, hydrolyzed, hypnotized, hypothesized, idealized, idolized, immobilized, immunized, improvised, industrialized, internalized, ironized, itemized, jeopardized, legalized, legitimized, liberalized, lionized, localized, magnetized, marginalized, materialized, maximized, mechanized, memorialized, metastasized, midsized, minimized, mobilized, modernized, monopolized, nationalized, naturalized, neutralized, nonunionized, normalized, organized, ostracized, outsized, oxidized, paralyzed, patronized, penalized, personalized, politicized, prioritized, privatized, professionalized, proselytized, publicized, radicalized, randomized, rationalized, realized, recapitalized, recognized, regionalized, reorganized, revitalized, revolutionized, romanticized, sanitized, scandalized, scrutinized, securitized, sensitized, serialized, socialized, specialized, stabilized, standardized, sterilized, stigmatized, stylized, subsidized, supervised, symbolized, sympathized, synchronized, synthesized, tantalized, televised, traumatized, trivialized, unamortized, undercapitalized, undersized, underutilized, unexercised, unionized, unorganized, unrealized, unrecognized, unsubsidized, unsupervised, urbanized, utilized, vandalized, visualized, westernized. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-h-i-n-o-r-t-u-u-z" | |
-2 letters: authorized. | |
-3 letters: authorize, notarized. | |
-4 letters: antherid, antihero, arointed, authored, duration, indurate, notarize, ordinate, outheard, rationed, ruinated, thiourea, unhaired, unthread, urinated. | |
-5 letters: airthed, aneroid, anodize, another, anthoid, antired, audient, auditor, azurite, daunter, detrain, deutzia, diatron, dourine, dozenth, hairnet, handier, handout, haunted, haunter, hauteur, hideout, hoatzin, hordein, hounder, inearth, intrude, natured, neuroid, outdare, outearn, outhear, outread. | |
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