Associations to the word «Unofficial»

Wiktionary

UNOFFICIAL, adjective. Not officially established.
UNOFFICIAL, adjective. Not acting with official authority.
UNOFFICIAL, adjective. (pharmacology) Not listed in a national pharmacopeia etc.

Dictionary definition

UNOFFICIAL, adjective. Not having official authority or sanction; "a sort of unofficial mayor"; "an unofficial estimate"; "he participated in an unofficial capacity".
UNOFFICIAL, adjective. Not officially established; "the early election returns are unofficial".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats