unsanctioned
/ˌʌnˈsæŋkʃənd/
adjective
- Not officially approved or authorized; without permission from the proper authority.
- The unsanctioned protest was broken up by the police.
- The school banned unsanctioned parties on campus.
- He was fired for taking an unsanctioned day off.
- Not having received official approval or a penalty; not punished or penalized (less common).
- In some countries, unsanctioned actions can still have social consequences.
- The rule remained unsanctioned, so no one was punished.
- The unsanctioned behavior went unnoticed by the committee.
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