Permitted
Unauthorized
Unauthorized adjective - Not endowed with authority.
Permitted is an antonym for unauthorized.
Nearby Word: unauthorised
Both words in one sentence
- Later versions of RMF permitted artists to place an encrypted watermark in their files that were supposed to prevent unauthorized duplication.
Source: Music / Thomas Dolby - A "bladerunner" was someone who smuggled surgical tools for doctors willing to perform unauthorized medicine (doctors weren't permitted to take medical equipment out of the hospitals).
Source: Population Control
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Unauthorized and Permitted. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/permitted/unauthorized
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Unauthorized or Permitted. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/permitted/unauthorized.
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