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UNSANCTIONED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unsanctioned mean?
• UNSANCTIONED (adjective)
The adjective UNSANCTIONED has 1 sense:
1. without explicit official permission
Familiarity information: UNSANCTIONED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Without explicit official permission
Context example:
unsanctioned use of company cars
Similar:
unofficial (not having official authority or sanction)
Context examples
That of saying of any strange, unsanctioned line of action,—'Let it be right.'
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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