unauthoritativeadj.
(un- prefix1 1.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > state of being unprovable > [adjective] > lacking authority
singlec1449
wavering?a1513
without (one's) booka1569
unauthoritative1644
inauthoritative1659
1644 P. Hunton Vindic. Treat. Monarchy v. 39 Is that..Authoritative; or merely Consiliarie and unauthoritative?
1780 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. (1789) xix. §22 A Book of expository Jurisprudence is either authoritative or unauthoritative.
1851 H. W. Torrens in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1850 19 14 The vague and unauthoritative character of this learned writer's deductions.
1884 S. Dowell Hist. Taxation in Eng. I. iv. iii. 67 An abstract, imperfect and unauthoritative, of the Regent's act of confirmation.
Derivatives
unauˈthoritatively adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > state of being unprovable > [adverb] > without authority
unauthoritativelya1827
a1827 in J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. (1827) V. ix. iv. 595 To speak of the unauthoritatively..described act, as evidence of the authoritatively..expressed one.
unauˈthoritativeness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > state of being unprovable > [noun] > lack of authority
infirmitya1631
unauthoritativeness1644
inauthoritativeness1659
unauthenticity1776
1644 P. Hunton Vindic. Treat. Monarchy iv. 27 It brings an illegality and unauthoritativenesse on acts exceeding.
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