unaccredited

adjective

un·​ac·​cred·​it·​ed ˌən-ə-ˈkre-də-təd 

: not recognized as meeting prescribed standards or requirements : not accredited

an unaccredited institution

As the school was unaccredited and still didn't offer degrees (as opposed to certificates), they were ineligible for federal loans.

—Leslie Spenser

Examples of unaccredited in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Expanded Pell Grants to unaccredited and for-profit institutions under the Workforce Pell program. —Robert Farrington, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025

Parton was an unaccredited producer of the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer and now, through her production company Sandollar Productions, she will be involved in the reboot. —Rachel Flynn, People.com, 23 May 2025

In 2009, a 4-year-old and his grandmother died after a blaze at an unaccredited Florida clinic where the boy was receiving treatment for cerebral palsy. —Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 16 Mar. 2025

In recent years, unaccredited facilities such as spas and wellness centers have started promoting hyperbaric oxygen therapy for various health problems. —Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1828, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unaccredited

• acquitted
• admitted
• befitted
• committed
• emitted
• omitted
• outfitted
• outwitted
• permitted
• refitted
• remitted
• submitted