unauthorized
adjective
un·au·tho·rized
ˌən-ˈȯ-thə-ˌrīzd 
: not authorized : without authority or permission
an unauthorized biography
unauthorized communications
was unauthorized to act for her husband
Examples of unauthorized in a Sentence
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Some students refused to leave an unauthorized encampment at Columbia.
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Melissa Chan, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2024
Weeks later, Columbia suspended a pair of student groups, Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace, in connection with an unauthorized student walkout.
—Alan Blinder, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024
The interrogators used unauthorized dogs, humiliated inmates by forcing them to wear women's underwear, forced detainees into stress positions, and directed a military police sergeant to push and twist a nightstick into a detainee's arm, the investigations found.
—Matthew Barakat, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2024
That gives her authorship of the work overall, prohibiting unauthorized wholecloth reproduction of the entire book, but not copyright protection over the actual sentences of the novel.
—Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 17 Apr. 2024
Top pitching prospect Landon Knack is also expected to be called up this week, according to a person with knowledge of the situation who is unauthorized to speak publicly, to either start or pitch in a bulk relief role.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
The email comes days after Zimbabwe's government asked SpaceX to shut down all unauthorized Starlink use in the country until the company receives full license approval.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 16 Apr. 2024
But the plan is unauthorized, unsanctioned and unofficial, meaning the recruits risk imprisonment if discovered by British forces and death if captured by the Nazis.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Apr. 2024
During those meetings, state regulators urged CMS officials to look for unauthorized switches, rather than reacting only to filed complaints.
—Julie Appleby, NPR, 8 Apr. 2024
Melissa Chan, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2024
Weeks later, Columbia suspended a pair of student groups, Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace, in connection with an unauthorized student walkout.
—Alan Blinder, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024
The interrogators used unauthorized dogs, humiliated inmates by forcing them to wear women's underwear, forced detainees into stress positions, and directed a military police sergeant to push and twist a nightstick into a detainee's arm, the investigations found.
—Matthew Barakat, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2024
That gives her authorship of the work overall, prohibiting unauthorized wholecloth reproduction of the entire book, but not copyright protection over the actual sentences of the novel.
—Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 17 Apr. 2024
Top pitching prospect Landon Knack is also expected to be called up this week, according to a person with knowledge of the situation who is unauthorized to speak publicly, to either start or pitch in a bulk relief role.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
The email comes days after Zimbabwe's government asked SpaceX to shut down all unauthorized Starlink use in the country until the company receives full license approval.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 16 Apr. 2024
But the plan is unauthorized, unsanctioned and unofficial, meaning the recruits risk imprisonment if discovered by British forces and death if captured by the Nazis.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Apr. 2024
During those meetings, state regulators urged CMS officials to look for unauthorized switches, rather than reacting only to filed complaints.
—Julie Appleby, NPR, 8 Apr. 2024
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“Unauthorized.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unauthorized. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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