Meaning

4 senses
  1. Not officially established.

    the unofficial results of the ballot

    not officially established

  2. Not officially established.

    Implicitly true but withheld and/or contradicted by authority.

    The unofficial reason for invading the nation, however, was to control their resources.

  3. Not acting with official authority.

    an unofficial adviser

    inoffiziell

    неофициа́льныйneoficiálʹnyj

    неофіці́йнийneoficíjnyj

    not having official authority or sanction

  4. Not listed in a national pharmacopeia etc.

Examples

13 sentences
  1. Let's avoid using the unofficial word "sakrala" and instead say "sankta" or "malprofana."

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  2. That's the unofficial version.

    ruЭто неофициальная версия.

    deDas ist die inoffizielle Version.

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  3. My dog is the unofficial mayor of the neighborhood because she loves to greet everyone.

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  4. The wolf is Italy’s unofficial national animal.

    ruВолк - неофициальное национальное животное Италии.

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  5. The grey wolf is Italy’s unofficial national animal.

    ruСерый волк - неофициальное национальное животное Италии.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
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Русский
By meaning 1
not official:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
not official:

Forms

more unofficial, most unofficial
Comparativemore unofficial Lesson
Superlativemost unofficial Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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