Antonyms for unofficialun·of·fi·cial

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1. unofficialadjective

   Antonyms:
   official

   Synonyms:
   inofficial

2. unofficialadjective

   Not officially established.

   the unofficial results of the ballot

   Antonyms:
   official

   Synonyms:
   inofficial

3. unofficialadjective

   Not acting with official authority.

   an unofficial adviser

   Antonyms:
   official

   Synonyms:
   inofficial

4. unofficialadjective

   Not listed in a national pharmacopeia &c.

   Synonyms:
   inofficial

   Antonyms:
   official

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. unofficialadjective

   not having official authority or sanction

   "a sort of unofficial mayor"; "an unofficial estimate"; "he participated in an unofficial capacity"

   Antonyms:
   authoritative, formalized, authorised, confirmed, semiofficial, official, formalised, ex officio, formal, authorized

2. unofficialadjective

   not officially established

   "the early election returns are unofficial"

   Antonyms:
   confirmed, official, authorized, authoritative, authorised, formal, formalized, ex officio, semiofficial, formalised

How to use unofficial in a sentence?

1. Mike Pompeo:

   The United States government maintains relationships with unofficial partners around the world, and Taiwan is no exception. ... Today’s statement recognizes that the U.S.-Taiwan relationship need not, and should not, be shackled by self-imposed restrictions of our permanent bureaucracy.

2. Harshad Ajmera:

   Just to save 1 percent, some customers were earlier buying gold without receipts. With the 3-percent GST, now many more will be tempted to make unofficial purchases from small jewelers.

3. James Mwanga:

   This border is very porous, you will not know who has passed if the person went through the unofficial border posts, in most cases. Now there is anxiety and so on. We have heightened our alertness.

4. Bill Ship:

   I thought, by God, that's the end of us, he did not flinch and he didn't back down. He was a brave man. But he was more than just brave. He was a first-rate journalist. When Claude was around, we all gathered in his room to compare notes. He was the kind of unofficial squad leader of the reporters covering civil rights.

5. The Atlanta-area prosecutors:

   Each of the sixteen persons who signed the unofficial Elector Certificate ultimately submitted to the National Archives received a similar target letter alerting, that person both that his testimony was required by the special purpose grand jury and that he was a target of the investigation.

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