Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not prescribed; not authoritatively laid down; not appointed: as, unprescribed ceremony.

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  • adjective Not prescribed.

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Examples

  • Later, Wu also admitted that he took a few unprescribed Oxycodone pills which a donor had given him last year during the campaign.

    Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points -- In The Darkest Depths of Mordor Chris Weigant 2011

  • You all know that Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays and all your childhood heroes took tons of unprescribed amphetamines, right?

    Matthew Yglesias » Steroids and the Hall of Fame 2009

  • Later, Wu also admitted that he took a few unprescribed Oxycodone pills which a donor had given him last year during the campaign.

    Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points -- In The Darkest Depths of Mordor Chris Weigant 2011

  • Prolific thief, heroin use, most recent charge possession of unprescribed methadone (stolen from partner).

    Something Kind Of Grrrrrrrrr……….. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • He then gives Abram advice based on modern, not bronze-age morality, and advises you and Abram not to employ unprescribed means and succumb to temptation – never mind that the means that Abram employed were precisely the means that were prescribed at the time.

    The Intelligent Design Coloring Book -- and more - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • Especially painkiller addicts with unprescribed Viagra coming back from the Dominican Republic, evangelists with male prostitute crank parties, and directors of child protection investigations molesting and masturbating to underage pages.

    Sound Politics: Global Warming Update 2007

  • Rush Limbaugh has been married and "engaged" more times than one can count, has had a series of tawdry unmarried affairs and break-ups, developed a pleasure-providing and illegal drug habit, and has been caught with fistfuls of unprescribed Viagra while returning from a weekend jaunt to the Dominican Republic.

    Archive 2007-02-01 Glenn Greenwald 2007

  • Rush Limbaugh has been married and "engaged" more times than one can count, has had a series of tawdry unmarried affairs and break-ups, developed a pleasure-providing and illegal drug habit, and has been caught with fistfuls of unprescribed Viagra while returning from a weekend jaunt to the Dominican Republic.

    Rudy Giuliani's compatibility with the Republican Christian base Glenn Greenwald 2007

  • SUSAN MOSS, FAMILY LAW ATTORNEY: If you use alcohol and unprescribed meds, you lose your custody to K-Fed.

    CNN Transcript Oct 5, 2007 2007

  • No wonder, according to one estimate, doctors waste $50 billion to $100 billion on "defensive medicine" to prove that they left no stone unturned, no test untried, no medication unprescribed, no specialist unconsulted.

    Civil Wars 2007

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