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unapproved

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ approved.

Adjective

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unapproved (comparative more unapproved, superlative most unapproved)

  1. Not approved.
    The unapproved imports were sent back to the originating country.
    • 2024 October 3, Sandee LaMotte, “‘I’ve never experienced pain like that’: Consumers pay the price for untested food ingredients”, in CNN[1]:
      The pods of the tara plant are used to make tara gum and tara flour. The latter has been found to be an unapproved food additive.
  2. (archaic) Not proven.

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