unsanctioned

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English

Etymology

un- +‎ sanctioned

Adjective

unsanctioned (comparative more unsanctioned, superlative most unsanctioned)

  1. Not sanctioned; not approved by a sanctioning body.
    • 2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp, page 8:
      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.

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