UNAPPROVED Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

unapproved

adjective

Definition of unapproved

as in unauthorized

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Recent Examples of unapproved Up to 59% of employees are using unapproved or shadow AI tools in the workplace. — Terry Oroszi, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Chicago Public Schools released an AI Guidebook governing the use of AI software and models and in December began blocking unapproved third-party AI products from its network. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2026 Also under inspection were a number of sheds on the site that were possibly unpermitted or unapproved. — Julie Sharp, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026 By an 11-7 vote, with one member abstaining, the board approved a last-minute amendment that placed $150 million in unapproved and unappropriated state revenue into the district’s budget. — Angel Gutierrez, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unapproved

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Every jurisdiction prohibits the unauthorized practice of law.

— Hamid Kohan, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
DeLaune, of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, said parents can be a key line of defense against the proliferation of unauthorized images.

— Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of unauthorized

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Subsequent investigation concluded the club was unlicensed and operated against several safety standards, including insufficient emergency exits and only one available fire extinguisher.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026
Gutierrez on Monday in Palm Beach County court pleaded not guilty to charges of operating as an unlicensed money service business, organized scheme to defraud and workman’s compensation fraud, court records show.

— Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of unlicensed

Adjective

Then in August, the UK AI Security Institute shared a report detailing how Anthropic’s Mythos 5 took autonomous, unsanctioned actions on the internet in a training evaluation, targeting real people and organizations.

— Tim Keary, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
This involves using a separate large language model that can approve or deny actions requested by the AI models that are undergoing cyber testing, which can help stop unsanctioned actions.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of unsanctioned

Adjective

The smuggled animals, which were imported from both Hong Kong and Mexico without permits, included Mexican beaded lizards, Mexican box turtles and Yucatan box turtles and baby crocodiles, prosecutors said.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 31 May 2026
Lang calls Atterton, who’s in his prison cell with a smuggled phone, to tell him the job is done and that both Bailey-Brown and Sam have been terminated.

— Barry Levitt, Time, 4 Mar. 2026

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