inauthoritative

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adjective

Not authoritative.

OriginEnglish authoritative ← Middle English auctorite ← Old French autorité →
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Meanings

adjectiveinauthoritative (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot authoritative.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewg-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂owg-éye-ti
  9. Proto-Italic*augejō
  10. Proto-Italic*augeō
  11. Latinaugeō
  12. Latinauctor
  13. Latinauctōritā
  14. Old Frenchautorité
  15. Middle Englishauctorite
  16. Englishauthorit(y)
  17. Englishauthoritative
  18. Englishinauthoritative

From in- + authoritative.

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APA

inauthoritative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inauthoritative

MLA

“inauthoritative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inauthoritative. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inauthoritative,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inauthoritative.

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