unlicensed

English

Etymology

un- +‎ licensed

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʌnˈlaɪsənst/, [ˌʌnˈlaɪsn̩st]
• Hyphenation: un‧li‧censed

Adjective

unlicensed (comparative more unlicensed, superlative most unlicensed)

1. Not licensed; not officially authorized.
   • 2014 November 14, Sharon Veatch, “Child-care licensing isn't hard — but it should be required”, in The Washington Post‎^[1]:

     Since then, three more babies have died in unlicensed child-care programs in Virginia.

2. Without permission.
   • c. 1607–1608, William Shakeſpeare, The Late, And much admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: Imprinted at London for Henry Goſſon,  […], published 1609, OCLC 78596089, [Act 16, scene if further yet you will be ſatisfied, (why as it were vnlicenſed of your loues) he would depart?]:

3. Free from requiring a license.

Related terms

• ineligible
• unqualified

Translations

not licensed

• Danish: uautoriseret
• Galician: sen licenza
• German: nicht lizenziert, nicht zugelassen

• Icelandic: próflaus
• Japanese: 無免許の (ja) (mumenkyo no), 潜りの (moguri no)
• Russian: нелицензионный (ru) (nelicenzionnyj)

Anagrams

• unsilenced