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unsanctioned

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English sanctioned English unsanctioned From un- + sanctioned.

  1. Not sanctioned; not approved by a sanctioning body.

    The paperback field as a whole was perferse in a more general and diffuse way, somewhat in the manner of dreams that refuse to censor desire when it strays towards socially unsanctioned ends.

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of unsanction
unsanctioned — meaning, definition (adjective) · Vinony