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  • adjective not official
  • noun One who is not an official.

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Examples

  • QUESTION: Richard, I'm just a little unclear on your earlier answer to the Jesse Jackson and other kind of nonofficial people.

    CNN Transcript Apr 10, 2001 2001

  • Her husband, who is the governor of South Carolina, goes sneaking off to various South American countries in the middle of the worst economic crisis in the states 'history most likely, gets caught in the airport after a "nonofficial" trip, gets on network TV and then breaks down in tears talking about his love for some Argentinian beauty then has the utter nuts to say that he wants to make his marriage work and then asks her for permission to go back to South America to see this other woman?

    Jenny Sanford files for divorce 2009

  • The Batsignal goes up and a nonofficial source comes and fixes your problem.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • “Besides a nonofficial cover operative or two the Agency secretly still has over there, the Bureau continues to have a decent relationship with the Italians and had a couple of teams wheels up within an hour of the attack.”

    Foreign Influence Brad Thor 2010

  • Moreover, nonofficial conversations about possible U.S. - South Korean military intervention to stabilize the North after Kim's death could reassure China that our intention is not to disadvantage Beijing but to peacefully end the North's tyranny.

    Beyond the Obama Nuke Policy 2010

  • "Jones" worked under nonofficial cover for several years.

    CIA chief promises spies 'new cover’ for secret ops 2010

  • As it did during the Israeli leader's November trip, the White House didn't allow nonofficial photographers to cover the event and declined to hold a press briefing.

    Obama, Netanyahu Hold Closed-Door Talks Jay Solomon 2010

  • It recommended that Americans delay all nonofficial and personal travel to Aqaba for at least the next 48 hours.

    US Embassy in Jordan Warns of Threat Around Aqaba 2010

  • As it did during the Israeli leader's November trip, the White House didn't allow nonofficial photographers to cover the event and declined to hold a press briefing.

    Obama, Netanyahu Hold Closed-Door Talks Jay Solomon 2010

  • As it did during the Israeli leader's November trip, the White House didn't allow nonofficial photographers to cover the event and declined to hold a press briefing.

    Obama, Netanyahu Hold Closed-Door Talks Jay Solomon 2010

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