[
UK
/ʌnsˈɑːnkʃənd/
]
[ US /ənˈsæŋkʃənd/ ]
[ US /ənˈsæŋkʃənd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
without explicit official permission
unsanctioned use of company cars
How To Use unsanctioned In A Sentence
- Someone who really wanted to stop unsanctioned immigration would begin here, by busting the small contractors who employ these workers on a contingent basis.
- His death had devastated her, and her grieving was all the greater for its secret, unsanctioned nature. HERE BE DRAGONS
- His synod was also the site of a church's unsanctioned ordination of an openly gay pastor earlier this year.
- unsanctioned use of company cars
- Current and former CIA officers aware of the recent decision said the suspension reflects the CIA's fears of being accused of unsanctioned and illegal activities, as it was in the 1970s.
- But arrogance may result in quick, unsanctioned action.
- Minsk police spokesman Oleg Slepchenko said 34 protesters were detained for participating in an unsanctioned rally.
- A UPS was an unsanctioned prescreen, meaning the two Op-Center agents had a look around without the benefit of a search warrant. Call to Treason
- Consuelo and Sunny officially divorced in 1921, and after obtaining an annulment from the Pope (as Sunny had converted to Catholicism and the Balsan family viewed the marriage between Consuelo and Jacques as unsanctioned due to her divorce), Gladys finally became the (2nd) 9th Duchess of Marlborough at age 40. An Aristocratic Ménage: Consuelo, Sunny and Gladys | Edwardian Promenade
- It was informal, unsanctioned, unauthorized and went off without a hitch.