unlicensed
Lacking official approval
Unlicensed means lacking official permission or certification to do something.
An unlicensed driver hasn't obtained a license; an unlicensed contractor operates without required credentials.
The term often implies illegality or risk: unlicensed firearms, unlicensed software.
It can also describe activities in unregulated spaces: unlicensed boxing matches held in warehouses.
Illegally produced goods
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
- black-marketIllicit trading network
- outlawedForbidden by law
- piratedCopied without authorization
unlawful · prohibited · smuggled · criminal · forbidden · clandestine · underground · counterfeit
Not controlled by rules
- off-the-booksUnrecorded for tax purposes
- under-the-tableSecret and unofficial
- casualRelaxed and informal
- freelanceSelf-employed project work
moonlighting · handshake · unofficial · DIY · self-taught · amateur · backyard · home-based
Unauthorized replica product
- fakeNot the real thing
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
- imitationCopy of the original
- piratedCopied without authorization
bootleg · replica · sham · spurious · copied · fraudulent · phony · bogus
Acceptable in quality
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- citationMention of a source
- violationBreaking of rules
- infractionMinor rule breach
shutdown · seizure · prosecution · revocation · crackdown · raid · enforcement · impound
Legal or financial obligation
- exposureState of being unprotected
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- uninsuredLacking protective coverage
- uncoveredMade visible or known
unprotected · jeopardy · precarious · hazard · peril · danger · gamble · reckless
bootleg
Illegally produced goods
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
- black-marketIllicit trading network
- outlawedForbidden by law
pirated · unlawful · prohibited · smuggled · criminal · forbidden · clandestine · underground · counterfeit · trafficked
unregulated
Not controlled by rules
- off-the-booksUnrecorded for tax purposes
- under-the-tableSecret and unofficial
- casualRelaxed and informal
freelance · moonlighting · handshake · unofficial · DIY · self-taught · amateur · backyard · home-based · uncertified
knockoff
Unauthorized replica product
pirated · bootleg · replica · sham · spurious · copied · fraudulent · phony · bogus · pseudo
fine
Acceptable in quality
infraction · shutdown · seizure · prosecution · revocation · crackdown · raid · enforcement · impound · closure
liability
Legal or financial obligation
- exposureState of being unprotected
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- uninsuredLacking protective coverage
uncovered · unprotected · jeopardy · precarious · hazard · peril · danger · gamble · reckless · negligent
- Forbiddenforbidden, prohibited, banned, not allowed, off-limits
- trade statusapproved, authorized, banned, certified, cleared
- unregulatedderegulated, unrestricted, unmonitored, unsupervised, unchecked
- brandingbrand identity, brand, brand equity, taglines, logos
- Product Statusfor sale, sold, available, unavailable, in stock
- statusespending, active, approved, inactive, completed
unlicensedlicensed
Granted official permission
authorized · authorised · permitted · approved · sanctioned
- unlicensed driverOne operating vehicles illegally
- unlicensed drivingDriving without proper permit
- unlicensed firearmsWeapons without legal authorization
license, licensed, illicit, licit, licensing, licenses, licentious, licensee, licensees