unlicensed


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un·li·censed

 (ŭn-lī′sənst)
adj.
1. Having no official license.
2. Done without permission; not authorized.
3. Lacking moral restraint; unrestrained.
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unlicensed

(ʌnˈlaɪsənst)
adj
1. (Law) having no licence: an unlicensed restaurant.
2. without permission; unauthorized
3. unrestrained or lawless
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.unlicensed - lacking official approvalunlicensed - lacking official approval    
unauthorised, unauthorized - not endowed with authority
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Translations

unlicensed

[ˈʌnˈlaɪsənst] ADJsin permiso, sin licencia
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

unlicensed

[ʌnˈlaɪsənst] adj (British) [premises] → qui n'a pas la licence pour vendre des boissons alcoolisées
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

unlicensed

adj (= having no licence) car, dog, TVnicht angemeldet; premisesohne Lizenz or (Schank)konzession; softwarenicht lizenziert; (= unauthorized)unbefugt, unberechtigt; people with unlicensed TV setsSchwarzseher pl
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unlicensed

[ˌʌnˈlaɪsnst] adj (vehicle) → senza bollo (Brit) (hotel, restaurant) → senza licenza per la vendita di alcolici
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

unlicensed

a. no titulado-a, no acreditado-a, sin licencia o sin permiso, desacreditado-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
References in classic literature ?
Colette (whose name I do not know how to spell, for I was never in epistolary communication with that hospitable outlaw) was simply an unlicensed publican, who gave suppers after eleven at night, the Edinburgh hour of closing.
Now, he must be precious old, you know, and he has not a soul about him, and he is reported to be immensely rich; and whether he is a smuggler, or a receiver, or an unlicensed pawnbroker, or a money-lender--all of which I have thought likely at different times--it might pay you to knock up a sort of knowledge of him.
Upon the smallest of small scales, she was an unlicensed pawnbroker, keeping what was popularly called a Leaving Shop, by lending insignificant sums on insignificant articles of property deposited with her as security.
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The non-compliant rating is based on observations by the regulator regarding the growing of cannabis in five unlicensed rooms and inaccurate information provided to the regulator by CannTrust employees.
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SEEING the rampant use of unlicensed software in the Philippines, BSA has teamed up with the national government to help solve this ongoing concern by launching a campaign called 'Legalize and Protect.'
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Software Alliance wants Philippines to cut unlicensed software usage !-- -- MANILA, Philippines The Software Alliance (BSA) wants the Philippines to bring down its unlicensed software usage closer to the regional average of 57 percent over the next two years as it undertakes a campaign with the government to raise awareness on the benefits of using licensed software for businesses.
government on Tuesday (3/5) formally filed a civil action designed to prevent an unlicensed radio station in Worcester, Mass., operated by Vasco Oburoni and the Christian Praise International Church, from continuing to evade the FCC.