🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

não autorizado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: nãw aw.to.ɾiˈza.du

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Unauthorized/ʌnˈɔː.θə.raɪzd/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2840 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Qualquer uso não autorizado deste material será processado."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not having official permission or approval to do something or to be used.

    "Access to the server room is strictly prohibited for unauthorized personnel."
  2. 2

    Done or performed without official sanction or legal backing.

    "The company launched an internal investigation following an unauthorized transaction."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the prefix un- (Old English 'un-', meaning not) combined with authorized, which stems from the Medieval Latin 'authorizare', meaning to give authority or legal force. The modern compound emerged in the late Middle English period to denote actions or objects lacking official permission or sanction.

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