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unofficial

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un·of·fi·cial  (n-fshl)
adj.
1. Not official: the unofficial election results.
2. Not acting officially: an unofficial adviser.

unof·ficial·ly adv.

unofficial [ˌʌnəˈfɪʃəl]
adj
1. not official or formal an unofficial engagement
2. not confirmed officially an unofficial report
3. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) (of a strike) not approved by the strikers' trade union
4. (Medicine / Pharmacology) (of a medicinal drug) not listed in a pharmacopoeia
unofficially  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unofficialunofficial - not having official authority or sanction; "a sort of unofficial mayor"; "an unofficial estimate"; "he participated in an unofficial capacity"
unauthorised, unauthorized - not endowed with authority
official - having official authority or sanction; "official permission"; "an official representative"
2.unofficialunofficial - not officially established; "the early election returns are unofficial"
unconfirmed - not finally established or settled; "an unconfirmed letter of credit"; "unconfirmed rumors"

unofficial
adjective
1. unconfirmed, off the record, unsubstantiated, private, personal, unauthorized, undocumented, uncorroborated Unofficial estimates speak of at least two hundred dead.
2. unauthorized, informal, unsanctioned, casual, wildcat Rail workers have voted to continue their unofficial strike.
Translations
unofficial [ˈʌnəˈfɪʃəl] ADJ
1. (= informal) [visit, tour] → no oficial, extraoficial
in an unofficial capacityde forma or manera extraoficial or no oficial
from an unofficial sourcede fuente oficiosa
unofficial strikehuelga f no oficial
2. (= de facto) [leader, spokesperson] → no oficial
3. (= unconfirmed) [report, results] → no oficial

unofficial [ˌʌnəˈfɪʃəl] adj
[report, results, information] → non officiel(le)
an unofficial agreement → un accord non officiel
(= off the record) → officieux/euse
an unofficial strike → une grève sauvage
[visit] → privé(e)

unofficial
adjinoffiziell; (= unconfirmed also) informationnicht amtlich; to take unofficial action (Ind) → inoffiziell streiken; unofficial strikeinoffizieller or wilder Streik; in an unofficial capacityinoffiziell

unofficial [ˌʌnəˈfɪʃl] adj (visit) → privato/a, non ufficiale; (unconfirmed, report, news) → ufficioso/a
in an unofficial capacity → in veste ufficiosa
unofficial strike → sciopero a sorpresa or selvaggio
unofficial [ˌʌnəˈfɪʃl] adj (visit) → privato/a, non ufficiale; (unconfirmed, report, news) → ufficioso/a
in an unofficial capacity → in veste ufficiosa
unofficial strike → sciopero a sorpresa or selvaggio

unofficial غير رسمي neoficiální uofficiel inoffiziell ανεπίσημος extraoficial epävirallinen officieux neslužben informale 非公認の 비공식의 onofficieel uoffisiell nieoficjalny não oficial неофициальный inofficiell ไม่เป็นทางการ resmi olmayan không chính thức 非官方的


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He must have been anxious, though no doubt he had collected beforehand on the shores of the Gauls a store of information from the talk of traders, adventurers, fishermen, slave-dealers, pirates - all sorts of unofficial men connected with the sea in a more or less reputable way.
As long as this news remained unofficial it was possible to doubt it, but the next day the following communication was received from Count Rostopchin:
Gandinot, the man; for in his unofficial capacity Ruth's employer had a gentle soul, and winced at the evidences of tragedy which presented themselves before his official eyes.
 
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