Synonyms for unofficial
un·of·fi·cial

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1. unofficialadjective

   Synonyms:
   inofficial

   Antonyms:
   official

2. unofficialadjective

   Not officially established.

   the unofficial results of the ballot

   Synonyms:
   inofficial

   Antonyms:
   official

3. unofficialadjective

   Not acting with official authority.

   an unofficial adviser

   Synonyms:
   inofficial

   Antonyms:
   official

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "unofficial":

   non-official, informal, non-formal, non-formalized, semi-official, semiofficial

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1. Bryan Caskey:

   This is a routine part of the process, this is why we emphasize that election-night results are unofficial.

2. 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.

3. The Republican letter:

   Such an arrangement would violate House Rules and the House Ethics Manual regulations which clearly states that 'no logical distinction can be drawn between the private contribution of in-kind services and the private contribution of money, and that both perpetuate the very kind of unofficial office accounts and practices that are prohibited' by the rule.

4. John Mashburn:

   I agreed to answer questions from bipartisan House staff in any officially authorized meeting or interview as I have already done for two Senate Judiciary and Intelligence Committees committees, rep. Schiff's staff actually gave less than 60 minutes notice to committee Republicans regarding both the existence of and the opportunity to attend this unofficial, unauthorized meeting of Democrat only members. This was not what had been agreed to from the beginning between the respective attorneys, so we declined to appear.

5. The US:

   This delegation follows a longstanding bipartisan tradition of The US administrations sending high-level, unofficial delegations to Taiwan.