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Unsanctioned

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adj. Not sanctioned; not approved by a sanctioning body.

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adj. without explicit official permission

Word Usage

"Outside the approved demonstration areas, at least 42 people were detained and deported for their roles in unsanctioned demonstrations in support of Tibetan independence, according to Students for a Free Tibet."

Equivalent

unofficial

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

sanctioned

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

backcross unfollowed government-sanctioned unseldom to...to