unauthorised

Questions about unauthorised

What does unauthorised mean?

unauthorised means "not endowed with authority". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unauthorised?

unauthorised has 4 syllables: unau-tho-ri-sed. The stress falls on "tho".

What is another word for unauthorised?

Close synonyms include unauthorized, unauthorized, wildcat. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is unauthorised a common word?

unauthorised is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.